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Here he comes!
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Oh, it's turning.
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Oh, oh, Elvis! Elvis!
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Mr. P., can I get you
some sandwiches?
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That will be fine, Pauline.
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I'm gonna check
on Lisa Marie, honey.
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Okay.
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Sleep tight, darling.
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Good morning, everybody.
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It's WGAN radio
in Portland, Maine.
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It's ?? Degrees
and 8:05.
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Time to get ready
for Elvis Presley.
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Elvis will be coming
later today
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for his concert at the
Cumberland county auditorium.
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Elvis' show is almost sold out,
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but we have six tickets
here at WGAN
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and we'll be giving them away
to you, so stay tuned.
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You just might be
a lucky winner.
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Colonel Parker is already over
at the Sheraton hotel,
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and Elvis' guys are setting up
for his arrival.
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So don't touch that dial
if you want yo know everything.
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I'll be talking to some
of the "Memphis mafia,"
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as they've come to be known,
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and we'll have
the up-to-the-minute word
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on what's happening
with Elvis in Portland.
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Elvis is still in Graceland,
his home in Memphis.
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But he'll be arriving here
later this afternoon
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in his personal jet,
the "Lisa Marie."
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Now, here's another Elvis
record, his latest hit ...
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"Moody blue."
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♪ Well, it's hard
to be a gambler ♪
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♪ betting on the number
that changes every time ♪
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♪ when you think
you're gonna win ♪
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♪ you think she's givin' in ♪
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♪ a stranger
is all you'll find ♪
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♪ yeah, it's hard to figure out
what she's all about ♪
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♪ that she's woman
through and through ♪
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♪ she's a complicated lady
so color my baby moody blue ♪
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♪ oh, moody blue...♪
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Excuse me, colonel,
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Joe Esposito is on the phone
from Memphis.
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Yeah, Joe.
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Colonel, I'm at
baptist memorial hospital.
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I'm afraid I've got
some terrible news.
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Elvis is dead.
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Pandemonium has broken out
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here on Elvis Presley boulevard
in Memphis.
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Thousands of fans
from all over the country
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are converging on Graceland
trying to get in
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to view the body
of the 42-year-old
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king of rock and roll.
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The world is shocked
by Elvis Presley's sudden death
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after attempts
to save his life failed.
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The apparent cause, according
to his personal physician,
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Dr. George Nichopolous,
is a heart attack.
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The singer's father,
Vernon Presley,
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has requested that an autopsy
be performed.
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Everyone stay back!
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I was raised on Elvis.
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We started
when I was 10 years old.
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My mother and daddy loved him,
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and I just say I was raised
on him.
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There's nobody else like him
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and there won't ever be
anybody else like him.
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Why go
to all this trouble?
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Because we love Elvis.
We still do.
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You're not going
to get in, you know.
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Doesn't make
any difference.
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I'm friends
with a few
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people in the group,
I want them to know I'm here.
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Maybe they'll see me
on the street.
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We loved him very much.
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I just can't believe
he's dead.
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It's terrible,
but I just thank god
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that Elvis died here
in Graceland
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instead of on the road
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like any other
rock and roll singer.
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Whether you're black or white,
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whether you're country,
redneck, or a freak,
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young or old, from Moscow,
London, or Memphis,
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Elvis Presley will still be
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the king of rock and roll
to me.
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Please wait up against
the curb.
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I was born
in a small cotton town
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in the rolling hills
of Mississippi.
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I guess Tupelo was as good
a place as any to grow up in.
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As far back as I can remember,
grandma lived next door.
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Daddy was a sharecropper,
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and most of the time
we got by alright.
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But one year,
he went to prison
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after writing a bad check
for some food.
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Mama got us through by taking in
washing and sewing.
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Mama and I
were always real close.
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I had a twin brother, Jesse,
but he died at birth,
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so I was an only child.
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We were a religious family.
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The first singing I ever did
was in church.
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Gospel songs were always
a strong influence on my music.
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♪...some fine morning
when this life is old ♪
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♪ I'll fly away ♪
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♪ I'll fly away, oh, glory ♪
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♪ I'll fly away ♪
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♪ when I die
hallelujah by and by ♪
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♪ I'll fly away ♪
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I guess I was kind of a loner,
but I wasn't much different
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than the other kids
I grew up with.
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I'd hang around parts of Tupelo
my folks never even knew about.
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If mama had known
where I was half the time,
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I would have caught hell for it.
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This friend of mine
used to take me across town
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to an area called Shakerag,
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and that was when
I first heard the blues.
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It sure was a lot different
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than the music
we were singing in church.
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Let's watch them play.
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♪...treatin' me this way ♪
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♪ baby, goin' to Gary...♪
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I realized then that music ...
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The blues, gospel,
or whatever ...
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Is all about letting out
what you're feeling inside.
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♪ Baby,
you had no business ♪
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♪ treat me this way ♪
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For Elvis's birthday
Vernon and I saved up
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and gave him a choice
between a bicycle and a guitar.
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Elvis sure loved that guitar.
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There simply wasn't enough work
for Vernon in Tupelo.
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He tried everything he could,
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but we just couldn't make
a steady living down there.
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We hated to admit it,
but we were broke...Flat broke.
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We packed everything we could
into our old Plymouth
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and moved on.
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Things just had to get better.
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The years in Memphis
weren't much easier for us,
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but at least daddy had a job
at a paint company
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and mama was working part time.
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Around other kids,
I felt kind of different.
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Maybe it was the clothes I wore,
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that I had long hair
and sideburns
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when other guys had crew cuts,
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but somehow
I just didn't fit in.
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I guess, in a way,
I was kind of shy,
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but I knew something good was
going to happen to me someday.
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I just didn't know what.
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♪ Let me introduce
my new rocket 88 ♪
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♪ yes, it's straight
just won't wait ♪
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♪ everybody likes
my rocket 88...♪
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I worked different jobs
after school
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so I could afford my favorite
R&B records and sharp clothes.
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People always bugged me
about my hair.
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Later on, I had so many kids
using pomade ...
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That greasy kids' stuff ...
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I should have got
a piece of the action.
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But I liked my hair long,
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'cause that's the way
truck drivers wore it.
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I went to Humes High in Memphis,
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where I got my share
of B’s and C’s.
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I thought I might do better
in music,
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but the teacher gave me a flat F
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and wouldn't let me
in the glee club.
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That was very good, Mandy.
Thank you.
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Alright.
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Our next "club day" performer
is Elvis Presley.
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Elvis? Come on up.
It's your turn.
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I was real nervous
when I had to get up there.
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I thought most of the kids in
class were going to laugh at me
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'cause they figured
I wasn't good at anything.
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When my turn came,
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I tried an old rhythm and blues
song
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I'd been practicing.
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♪ Train a-ride ♪
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♪ sixteen coaches long ♪
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♪ train a-ride ♪
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♪ sixteen coaches long ♪
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♪ well, that long black train ♪
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♪ got my baby a-home ♪
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♪ train, train ♪
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♪ comin' down, down the line ♪
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♪ train, train ♪
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♪ comin' down, down the line ♪
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♪ well, that long black train ♪
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♪ got my baby a-home ♪
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Everything seemed
to change for me
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that day I sang
in front of my class.
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And after that,
I could always count on my music
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to help me make friends...
Especially girls.
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After graduating high school,
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I made a record
for my mama's birthday.
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I'd kind of gone there to be
heard by the owner, Sam.
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Later, Sam called me back
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to work with Scotty Moore
and bill black,
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two fine musicians.
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At the time,
Sam Phillips was recording
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a lot of black artists,
and the word around Memphis was
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he was looking for a
white singer with a black sound.
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We tried to cut a record
for six months
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with about 50 songs.
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Nothing sounded right.
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Alright.
Hold it, you guys.
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Bottom line here is
this is just not making it.
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Now, if we can get
something that will, great.
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If not,
let's rack it up.
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Elvis, you can pull it
out of yourself.
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You can do it.
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Alright, sir.
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Do you guys remember
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that old blues song
we used to do?
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Then it all kind of clicked.
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Even on the first take,
we knew we had something.
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♪ Well, that's all right, mama ♪
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♪ that's all right for you ♪
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♪ that's all right, mama,
do just any way you do ♪
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♪ well, that's all right,
that's all right ♪
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♪ that's all right now, mama ♪
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♪ any way you do ♪
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♪ well, mama
she done told you ♪
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♪ papa done told me, too ♪
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♪ son, that girl you foolin'
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♪ well, she ain't no good
for you ♪
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♪ well, that's all right ♪
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♪ that's all right ♪
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♪ that's all right now, mama ♪
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♪ any way you do ♪
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??
Red hot blue
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this record'll
flat get it, people.
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It's called
"that's all right, mama."
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It's gonna be
a big record for a boy.
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His name is Elvis Presley.
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It's on the sun record label
from here in Memphis.
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And it's been
the most requested tune
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for two or three nights.
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Elvis, Scotty, bill, and me
will all be uptown
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next week
at the Chiska basement.
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I want you people
to come see us.
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Remember, Phillips told you,
"that's all right, mama."
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♪ I'm leavin' town today ♪
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Suddenly, it was like my
whole world turned upside down.
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We played local gigs
all through the south.
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Everywhere we went,
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the crowds got bigger
and the girls Wilder.
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Then one crazy day,
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we were somewhere on the road,
I don't even know where,
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a man came backstage
and introduced himself ...
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Colonel Tom Parker.
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Our son wasn't even 21
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when Gladys and I
first met colonel Tom Parker.
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He was already well-known
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for having managed Hank snow
and eddy Arnold.
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Right from the start, colonel
Parker believed in Elvis.
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Then in 1956,
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the country got its first look
at Elvis on national television.
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Ladies and gentlemen ...
I'd like to present
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one of radio's most listened
to disc jockeys ... bill Randall.
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William.
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We'd like at this time
to introduce you
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to a young fellow who,
like many performers,
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Johnnie ray among them,
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come up out of nowhere to be,
overnight, very big stars.
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We saw him for the first
time while making a movie short.
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We think tonight he's going to
make television history for you.
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We'd like you to meet him now ...
Elvis Presley.
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♪ Well, get out of that kitchen
and rattle those pots and pans ♪
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♪ get out of that kitchen
and rattle those pots and pans ♪
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♪ well, roll my breakfast
'cause I'm a hungry man ♪
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♪ I believe
you was doin' me wrong ♪
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♪ and now I know ♪
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♪ I believe
you was doin' me wrong ♪
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♪ and now I know ♪
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♪ 'cause the harder I work
the faster my money goes ♪
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♪ well,
let's shake, rattle, and roll ♪
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♪ I said shake,
rattle, and roll ♪
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♪ I said shake,
rattle, and roll ♪
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♪ I said shake,
rattle, and roll ♪
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♪ well, you won't do right
to save your doggone soul ♪
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♪ hey ♪
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♪ I'm like
a Mississippi bullfrog ♪
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♪ settin' on a hollow stump ♪
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♪ I'm like
a Mississippi bullfrog ♪
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♪ settin' on a hollow stump ♪
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♪ I've got so many women
I don't know which way to jump ♪
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♪ well,
I said flip, flop, and fly ♪
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♪ I don't care if I die ♪
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♪ I said flip, flop, and fly ♪
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♪ I don't care if I die ♪
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♪ don't ever leave me
don't ever say goodbye ♪
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Thank you.
Thank you very much.
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After that first time
on television,
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things really took off for me.
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I couldn't believe the fans
around the country.
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Wherever we went,
people wanted to get to us.
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They didn't try
to hurt me,
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they just wanted to take home
part of me as a souvenir.
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♪ You make me so lonely, baby ♪
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♪ you make me so lonely...♪
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People asked why I moved around
so much on stage.
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Well, it just came natural
to me,
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the way I felt rock and roll.
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♪ Well, now
if your baby leaves you ♪
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♪ you've got a tale to tell ♪
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♪ well, just take a walk
down lonely street ♪
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♪ to heartbreak hotel ♪
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♪ you're gettin' so lonely,
baby ♪
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♪ you're really lonely ♪
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♪ you'll be so lonely
you could die ♪
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♪ well ♪
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Well,
I think Elvis Presley
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has a nice style
and sings okay,
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but when he gets
on the stage,
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he starts to drive
those girls nuts
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by shaking and jumping
and laying all over the stage.
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You know what I mean?
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Right. And you think
that's bad?
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Well, it's kind of crazy.
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No, it depends on how
you look at it.
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If you want to think it's
nasty or sexy you could,
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but to me, it's just ...
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The two things are not
necessarily the same.
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Yeah, well, it's just
so limber and loose.
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It's really marvelous.
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Well, he just
feels the rhythm.
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Digs it the most.
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You don't see
anything wrong with it?
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No.
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You just stand there.
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Now, everybody stand
in line and I ...
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Hey, what are
the Ritz brothers doing here?
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I was ... hey, young man,
if you want an autograph,
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would you stand
in the back there?
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I don't care
who you are.
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I-i-I'm Elvis Presley.
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Elvis Presley!
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Give me the good old
Rudy Vallee days.
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Elvis, sing your hit song.
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♪ You ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
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♪ cryin' all the time ♪
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♪ you ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
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♪ cryin' all the time ♪
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♪ well, you ain't never
caught a rabbit ♪
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♪ and you ain't no friend
of mine ♪
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♪ well, they said
you was high-class ♪
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♪ well, that was just a line ♪
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I had no idea
this performance of "hound dog"
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was gonna cause such a row.
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The critics jumped all over me
for it.
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I still can't figure out
what got them so riled.
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♪ You ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
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♪ cryin' all the time ♪
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♪ you ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
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♪ cryin' all the time ♪
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♪ well, you ain't never
caught a rabbit ♪
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♪ you ain't no friend of mine ♪
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♪ you ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
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♪ cryin' all the time ♪
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♪ you ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
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♪ cryin' all the time ♪
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♪ well, you ain't never
caught a rabbit ♪
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♪ you ain't no friend of mine ♪
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There is no room
in this city
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for the vulgar performances
of Elvis Presley.
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It's shocking.
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I watched him gyrate his legs
and swivel his hips,
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and our
parent-teachers group
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feels he should not
be on television.
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We've set up
a 20-man committee
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to do away with this vulgar,
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animalistic, nigger,
rock and roll bop.
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Our committee will check
with the restaurant owners
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and the cafes
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to see what Presley records
is on their machines,
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and then ask them
to do away with them.
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People started
calling me a sex maniac,
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saying I was lewd and obscene.
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It got to be ridiculous
when the police filmed my shows.
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I thought the bad publicity
would hurt my career,
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so I took a shot
at telling my side of the story.
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Hello?
Hy Gardner calling.
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I have Elvis Presley
on the phone.
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Hello, Elvis?
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Less than two years ago,
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you were earning $14
a week as a movie Usher,
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and then $35 a week
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for driving a truck
in Memphis.
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Today, you're the most
controversial name
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in show business.
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Has this sudden notoriety
affected your sleep,
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your appetite,
or the size of your head?
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Not the size of my head.
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It's affecting my sleep.
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How much sleep
do you get?
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I average about four
or five hours a night.
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Is that enough?
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No, but I'm used to it and I
can't sleep any longer.
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What do you keep
in mind mostly?
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I mean, some of the songs
you're going to do,
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or some of your plans
or what?
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What goes through
your mind?
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Well, everything has happened
to me so fast
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in the last year and a half
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till...I'm all mixed up,
you know?
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I can't keep up with everything
that's happening.
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Your style of gyrating
while you sing
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has been bitterly criticized
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even by usually mild
and gentle TV critics.
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Do you bear any animosity
towards these critics?
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Well, not really.
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Those people have a job
to do and they do it.
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Do you think
you've learned anything
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from the criticism
leveled at you?
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No, I haven't...
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Because I don't feel
I'm doing anything wrong.
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♪ You ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
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00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:58,605
♪ cryin' all the time ♪
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Rock and roll has got to go...
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And go it does.
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At KWK, we're all through
playing rock and roll records.
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This week is record-breaking
week here at KWK.
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And after this week,
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no more rock and roll
will be played on the air.
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The obscenity and vulgarity
of the rock and roll music
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is obviously a means by which
the white man and his children
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can be driven to the level
with a nigger.
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It is obviously nigger music.
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00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:29,468
It is our feeling here
in Jersey city
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that this rock and roll rhythm
is filled with dynamite,
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00:24:32,939 --> 00:24:35,207
and we don't want the dynamite
to go off
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00:24:35,274 --> 00:24:37,977
in the Roosevelt stadium
in Jersey city.
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After, uh...We, uh...
Heard about the incidents
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00:24:44,551 --> 00:24:46,285
throughout the country
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00:24:46,352 --> 00:24:49,021
and the coming of this concert
to Jersey city,
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I asked our commissioner
of public safety,
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00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:54,093
Lawrence Whipple,
to look into the matter,
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00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,864
and he did make a survey
of the situation.
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My department made a very
thorough investigation
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00:25:00,667 --> 00:25:03,035
of these
so-called programs.
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00:25:03,102 --> 00:25:05,137
We had telephone
conversations
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and correspondence
with various municipalities.
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00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,010
Included among these being
Hartford, Connecticut,
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00:25:11,077 --> 00:25:13,813
orange, New Jersey,
Asbury Park,
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and the city of Hoboken.
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00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:17,750
We find that these programs
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are not for the good
of the community,
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00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,954
and that's why
I ordered them banned.
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00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:24,456
I don't see
that any type of a music
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would have any bad influence
on people
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when it's only a music.
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00:25:28,595 --> 00:25:30,162
I mean,
I can't figure it out.
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00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:32,999
In a lot of the papers,
they say rock and roll
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00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:34,834
is a big influence
on juvenile delinquency.
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00:25:34,901 --> 00:25:36,368
I don't think that it is.
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00:25:36,435 --> 00:25:40,907
What about the rumor that
you once shot your mother?
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00:25:40,973 --> 00:25:42,942
Well, I think that one
takes the cake.
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00:25:43,009 --> 00:25:44,844
Where does that one
come from?
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00:25:44,911 --> 00:25:47,647
I have no idea.
I-I can't imagine.
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00:25:47,714 --> 00:25:49,916
There's another one, you may not
have heard before.
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00:25:49,982 --> 00:25:51,383
Several newspaper stories
hinted
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00:25:51,450 --> 00:25:52,885
that you smoked marijuana
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00:25:52,952 --> 00:25:56,455
in order to work yourself
into a frenzy while singing.
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00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:57,990
Well, I don't know.
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00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:01,493
All the attention
I'd been getting
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00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,796
got the studios
interested in me.
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00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:08,434
My first film was going to be
called "the Reno brothers,"
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00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,670
I had a hit song out
at the time,
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00:26:10,737 --> 00:26:13,005
so they renamed it
"love me tender."
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00:26:23,650 --> 00:26:25,584
The colonel put together
a huge premiere
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00:26:25,652 --> 00:26:26,919
in New York City,
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00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,320
but when the movie opened,
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00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:31,090
some film critics took
potshots at my acting.
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00:26:31,157 --> 00:26:33,893
Still, the picture did
real well at the box office,
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00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,695
thanks to the fans.
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00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:41,701
We want Elvis!
We want Elvis!
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00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:56,415
In the film, Richard Egan
played my brother.
471
00:26:56,482 --> 00:26:59,551
And because we were
both in love with Debra Paget,
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00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:01,253
we ended up in a shootout.
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00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,657
There's nothing else
between us, I swear it.
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00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:06,726
Well, go on,
take him now,
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00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:09,628
or I'll take him myself.
476
00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:17,269
Vince?
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00:27:17,336 --> 00:27:20,306
Come on, let's get the money and
get out of here.
478
00:27:22,074 --> 00:27:28,647
Get away from him.
Leave him alone!
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00:27:37,023 --> 00:27:40,693
Don't move.
Just lie still.
480
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,731
Cathy,
where's Vince?
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00:27:44,797 --> 00:27:47,466
I got to talk to him.
482
00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:49,301
Right here, Clint.
483
00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:51,838
Vince, I didn't mean it.
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00:27:51,904 --> 00:27:53,472
I know you didn't, Clint.
485
00:27:53,539 --> 00:27:55,541
You don't have
to tell me.
486
00:27:55,607 --> 00:28:01,814
Everything's gonna be
alright.
487
00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:05,417
Everything's gonna be
alright.
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00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:09,388
I saw the film
for the first time
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00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:10,957
with my folks in Memphis.
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00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:12,124
After the picture ended,
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00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:14,761
I remember having
to calm mama down.
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00:28:14,827 --> 00:28:16,863
At first, I didn't realize
what was wrong.
493
00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,931
She was upset and crying.
494
00:28:18,998 --> 00:28:20,566
Finally, she said
she just couldn't stand
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00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:24,771
to watch me getting killed
up there on the screen.
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00:28:24,837 --> 00:28:28,440
♪ ...that I love you ♪
497
00:28:28,507 --> 00:28:30,810
♪ and I always will ♪
498
00:28:37,483 --> 00:28:41,888
In 1957,
Elvis bought us Graceland,
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00:28:41,954 --> 00:28:45,691
a beautiful house and farm
outside Memphis.
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00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:51,030
We felt like we were living
way out in the country.
501
00:28:51,097 --> 00:28:55,734
♪ Merry, merry Christmas, baby ♪
502
00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:59,171
♪ sure did treat me nice ♪
503
00:28:59,238 --> 00:29:02,909
Elvis insisted Vernon and me
and his grandmama
504
00:29:02,975 --> 00:29:05,044
move in and live with him.
505
00:29:05,111 --> 00:29:09,281
By then, Elvis already had
six or seven Cadillacs.
506
00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:12,885
He used to say
if he ever went broke,
507
00:29:12,952 --> 00:29:15,221
he could always open
a used car lot.
508
00:29:18,925 --> 00:29:24,296
♪ Give me diamond rings
for Christmas ♪
509
00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:29,802
♪ and I'm livin' in paradise ♪
510
00:29:29,869 --> 00:29:31,804
Those were good times for us.
511
00:29:31,871 --> 00:29:34,640
Almost everything
was going right for me.
512
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,142
I liked having people around,
513
00:29:36,208 --> 00:29:39,011
but I started to feel,
even with my old friends,
514
00:29:39,078 --> 00:29:41,247
things were a little different.
515
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:53,625
♪ Well, I'm feelin'
mighty fine ♪
516
00:29:53,692 --> 00:29:57,329
♪ got good music on my radio ♪
517
00:30:02,368 --> 00:30:07,974
♪ Well, I want
to kiss you, baby ♪
518
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:13,012
♪ while you standin'
'neath the mistletoe ♪
519
00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:16,048
♪ take it on, baby, take it on ♪
520
00:30:16,115 --> 00:30:18,450
♪ yo, yo, ho ♪
521
00:30:25,858 --> 00:30:27,059
Hey, you guys,
522
00:30:27,126 --> 00:30:28,794
there's that
rock and roll cowboy
523
00:30:28,861 --> 00:30:29,862
I told you about.
524
00:30:29,929 --> 00:30:32,331
Do you want him
to sing?
525
00:30:32,398 --> 00:30:36,202
I hope we do well in the city
as we did in the small towns.
526
00:30:36,268 --> 00:30:38,670
City's just like a small
town, only taller.
527
00:30:38,737 --> 00:30:40,439
Hey you, sideburns,
528
00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:43,275
I got a chick down there
wants to hear you sing.
529
00:30:43,342 --> 00:30:45,111
Why don't you come around
the theater
530
00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:47,413
tomorrow afternoon?
He'll be on the stage.
531
00:30:47,479 --> 00:30:49,848
I told my girl
I'd get you to sing.
532
00:30:49,916 --> 00:30:52,484
A man can't go back
on his word, can he, fella?
533
00:30:52,551 --> 00:30:55,621
Look, maybe you didn't
understand me, fella.
534
00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:57,990
But Mr. Rivers doesn't sing
in Juke joints,
535
00:30:58,057 --> 00:31:01,327
so why don't you run on back
and drink your malted?
536
00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:03,029
Say,
what's the trouble?
537
00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,730
These showpeople
starting something?
538
00:31:04,796 --> 00:31:06,165
There's no trouble, sir.
539
00:31:06,232 --> 00:31:08,634
Mind if I sing
a little song for them?
540
00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:09,902
No, he don't mind.
541
00:31:09,969 --> 00:31:11,037
Do you, frank.
542
00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:17,443
No, no, I don't mind.
543
00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:23,482
♪ I got a woman
mean as she can be ♪
544
00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:29,055
♪ I got a woman
mean as she can be ♪
545
00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:35,227
♪ sometimes I think
she's almost mean as me ♪
546
00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:38,164
♪ a black cat up
and died of fright ♪
547
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,967
♪ 'cause she crossed his path
last night ♪
548
00:31:41,033 --> 00:31:44,270
♪ I got a woman
mean as she can be ♪
549
00:31:44,336 --> 00:31:47,539
In the movies, I was cast as a
rock and roll rebel,
550
00:31:47,606 --> 00:31:48,941
and I guess those pictures
551
00:31:49,008 --> 00:31:51,277
helped build my image
as a tough guy.
552
00:31:58,150 --> 00:31:59,885
Well, you ain't bad,
sideburns.
553
00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:01,453
What do you do
for a living?
554
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,956
I'm with my old man
in auto accessories, why?
555
00:32:04,023 --> 00:32:06,392
Well, I usually get paid
for singing as a rule.
556
00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:09,228
I figure you ought to
do whatever you do for me.
557
00:32:09,295 --> 00:32:12,298
How about putting a new set
of seat covers on my car?
558
00:32:12,364 --> 00:32:14,633
Why, sure, sideburns.
What color you want?
559
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:17,369
I figure his color's
yellow, don't you?
560
00:32:27,246 --> 00:32:29,515
Get the police. Quickly.
561
00:32:45,231 --> 00:32:47,599
Not all the fights
I got into were staged.
562
00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:50,436
Around that time,
I got in a scrape with the law
563
00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:52,671
and had to appear
in a Memphis court.
564
00:32:52,738 --> 00:32:55,507
A guy at a gas station
took a swing at me,
565
00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:57,943
I wasn't about
to stand there and take it,
566
00:32:58,010 --> 00:33:00,446
so I punched him
and got busted.
567
00:33:00,512 --> 00:33:03,182
The court finds
insufficient evidence
568
00:33:03,249 --> 00:33:05,251
to support the charge.
569
00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:07,886
It's funny ...
Once you start to make it,
570
00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:09,788
some people want to hassle you.
571
00:33:09,855 --> 00:33:12,491
The judge agreed with me
and threw the case out,
572
00:33:12,558 --> 00:33:16,295
but everyone was still worried
about my effect on young people.
573
00:33:16,362 --> 00:33:18,197
Next time I went on television,
574
00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:20,666
I was only filmed
from the waist up.
575
00:33:20,732 --> 00:33:23,835
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have a big show ...
576
00:33:23,902 --> 00:33:26,572
A real big show ...
577
00:33:26,638 --> 00:33:29,541
With Elvis Presley
headlining tonight.
578
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:34,813
Here is Elvis Presley!
579
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,484
We'd like to tell you that,
to all the people watching,
580
00:33:38,550 --> 00:33:42,254
and all you people
that are here tonight,
581
00:33:42,321 --> 00:33:43,922
that we really are thankful
582
00:33:43,989 --> 00:33:48,094
for all the success that you
made us have and everything.
583
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,462
This is my biggest record,
584
00:33:50,529 --> 00:33:52,698
and it goes
something like this.
585
00:33:59,571 --> 00:34:05,444
♪ Ah, you know I can be found
sittin' home all alone ♪
586
00:34:05,511 --> 00:34:10,616
♪ if you can't come around
at least please telephone ♪
587
00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:16,422
♪ don't be cruel
to a heart that's true ♪
588
00:34:16,488 --> 00:34:19,425
♪ well, baby,
if I made you mad ♪
589
00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:22,128
♪ for something
I might have said ♪
590
00:34:22,194 --> 00:34:27,233
♪ please let's forget my past
the future looks bright ahead ♪
591
00:34:27,299 --> 00:34:33,038
♪ don't be cruel
to a heart that's true ♪
592
00:34:33,105 --> 00:34:36,142
♪ I don't want no other love ♪
593
00:34:36,208 --> 00:34:40,979
♪ baby, it's just you
I'm thinkin' of ♪
594
00:34:41,046 --> 00:34:46,318
♪ don't be cruel
to a heart that's true ♪
595
00:34:46,385 --> 00:34:50,856
♪ don't be cruel
to a heart that's true ♪
596
00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:55,161
♪ well, I don't want
no other love ♪
597
00:34:55,227 --> 00:35:00,766
♪ baby, it's just you
I'm thinkin' of ♪
598
00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:04,303
At the end of the show,
Mr. Sullivan called me back out.
599
00:35:04,370 --> 00:35:06,638
He caught by surprise.
600
00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:08,707
Elvis...
601
00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:10,342
Ladies and gentlemen,
602
00:35:10,409 --> 00:35:12,644
inasmuch as he goes
to the coast now
603
00:35:12,711 --> 00:35:13,545
for his new picture,
604
00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,181
this could be
the last time
605
00:35:15,247 --> 00:35:17,949
we'll run into each other
for a while.
606
00:35:18,016 --> 00:35:19,418
But, I..
Wait a moment.
607
00:35:19,485 --> 00:35:22,221
I wanted to say to
Elvis Presley and the country
608
00:35:22,288 --> 00:35:26,658
that this is
a real decent, fine boy.
609
00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:28,360
And wherever
you go, Elvis...
610
00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:34,733
...the guys who accompany
you over there,
611
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,768
we want to say
that we've never had
612
00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:38,837
a pleasanter experience
on our show
613
00:35:38,904 --> 00:35:41,907
with a big name
than we've had with you.
614
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:44,276
You're thoroughly
alright.
615
00:35:44,343 --> 00:35:46,278
So now, let's have
a tremendous hand
616
00:35:46,345 --> 00:35:48,280
for a very nice person.
617
00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:59,891
After Mr. Sullivan helped put
an end to the criticism of me,
618
00:35:59,958 --> 00:36:02,494
I made the film "loving you."
619
00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:09,034
I don't know what it was
about one song in that picture,
620
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,902
but people
from all over the world
621
00:36:10,969 --> 00:36:12,471
sent me hundreds of Teddy bears.
622
00:36:12,538 --> 00:36:18,810
♪ Just let me be
your Teddy bear ♪
623
00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:23,349
♪ put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere ♪
624
00:36:23,415 --> 00:36:25,050
♪ oh, let me be ♪
625
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,485
♪ oh, let him be ♪
626
00:36:26,552 --> 00:36:29,688
♪ your Teddy bear ♪
627
00:36:29,755 --> 00:36:35,327
♪ I don't want to be your tiger
'cause tigers play too rough ♪
628
00:36:35,394 --> 00:36:37,863
♪ I don't to be your lion ♪
629
00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:42,167
♪ 'cause lions ain't the kind
you love enough ♪
630
00:36:42,234 --> 00:36:47,573
♪ oh, let me be
your Teddy bear ♪
631
00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:53,945
♪ put a chain around my neck
and lead me anywhere ♪
632
00:36:54,012 --> 00:36:55,046
♪ oh, let me be ♪
633
00:36:55,113 --> 00:36:56,415
♪ oh, let him be ♪
634
00:36:56,482 --> 00:36:58,884
♪ your Teddy bear ♪
635
00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:00,786
♪ oh, let me be ♪
636
00:37:00,852 --> 00:37:01,920
♪ oh, let him be ♪
637
00:37:01,987 --> 00:37:05,557
♪ your Teddy bear ♪
638
00:37:05,624 --> 00:37:08,294
♪ I just want to be
your Teddy bear ♪
639
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,996
♪ oooh ♪
640
00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:13,599
What is your connection
with Mr. Presley?
641
00:37:13,665 --> 00:37:14,933
Groucho, I'm the president
642
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,503
of the San Diego
Elvis Presley fan club,
643
00:37:17,569 --> 00:37:18,804
and the honorary president
644
00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:21,239
over 100 southern
California chapters
645
00:37:21,307 --> 00:37:22,808
of Elvis Presley fan clubs.
646
00:37:22,874 --> 00:37:24,876
Well, that's quite
impressive.
647
00:37:24,943 --> 00:37:27,846
Do you have any souvenirs
of Elvis, Renee?
648
00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:29,815
Oh, I'm just loaded
with them, Groucho.
649
00:37:29,881 --> 00:37:33,319
I can't get in and out of my
room. I brought a few.
650
00:37:33,385 --> 00:37:34,720
What have you got there?
651
00:37:34,786 --> 00:37:36,788
I've got some Elvis Presley
Teddy bear perfume.
652
00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:39,291
And this is
the sexiest stuff.
653
00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:44,863
And I have a guitar pick,
which I stole.
654
00:37:44,930 --> 00:37:47,299
I want to tell you
something else I have,
655
00:37:47,366 --> 00:37:50,736
which is my very greatest
prized possession.
656
00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:53,472
And that is the red
and white western outfit
657
00:37:53,539 --> 00:37:55,507
that he wore in the picture
"loving you"
658
00:37:55,574 --> 00:37:57,309
when he sings
"Teddy bear."
659
00:37:57,376 --> 00:37:59,611
And I wouldn't take
a million dollars for it.
660
00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:01,580
In fact, it's insured.
661
00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:04,650
I also finagled around, and I
have two locks of his hair.
662
00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:06,652
You have locks of his hair?
663
00:38:06,718 --> 00:38:09,588
Do you have any cream cheese
to go with it?
664
00:38:09,655 --> 00:38:12,591
I'll tell you
what we do, fellas.
665
00:38:12,658 --> 00:38:15,327
Anybody wants to ask
Hedda hopper a question,
666
00:38:15,394 --> 00:38:17,496
if you'll just
raise your hand,
667
00:38:17,563 --> 00:38:20,732
when I point at you,
just get up
668
00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:23,669
and real loud,
ask a question
669
00:38:23,735 --> 00:38:25,771
and we'll try to answer it.
670
00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:26,838
You.
671
00:38:26,905 --> 00:38:29,207
How much money has
Elvis Presley made
672
00:38:29,274 --> 00:38:31,343
since his career started?
673
00:38:31,410 --> 00:38:32,911
Are you kidding?
674
00:38:32,978 --> 00:38:35,080
When he started,
he couldn't spell Tennessee.
675
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:40,652
Now he owns it.
676
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,288
You've been found guilty
by a jury of your peers
677
00:38:43,355 --> 00:38:44,890
of the crime
of manslaughter.
678
00:38:44,956 --> 00:38:47,926
I didn't know if it was
movies following real life
679
00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:49,160
or the other way around,
680
00:38:49,227 --> 00:38:50,596
but in the film
"jailhouse rock,"
681
00:38:50,662 --> 00:38:52,831
I was standing
in front of a judge again.
682
00:38:52,898 --> 00:38:55,634
This time,
I got sent up the river.
683
00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:56,935
A little while back,
684
00:38:57,002 --> 00:38:59,371
I had a vacation
with a bunch of men
685
00:38:59,438 --> 00:39:01,006
in a big place way out yonder.
686
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,642
We always had
a lot of fun with this one ...
687
00:39:03,709 --> 00:39:07,245
The "jailhouse rock."
688
00:39:07,312 --> 00:39:10,015
♪ The warden threw a party
in the county jail ♪
689
00:39:10,081 --> 00:39:13,084
♪ the prison band was there
and they began to wail ♪
690
00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:15,887
♪ the band was jumping
and the joint began to swing ♪
691
00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:18,524
♪ you should have heard those
knocked-out jailbirds sing ♪
692
00:39:18,590 --> 00:39:20,626
♪ let's rock ♪
693
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:24,396
♪ everybody, let's rock ♪
694
00:39:24,463 --> 00:39:26,264
Choreographing
this title song
695
00:39:26,331 --> 00:39:27,699
was a lot of fun.
696
00:39:27,766 --> 00:39:30,168
No wonder this was
my favorite production number.
697
00:39:30,235 --> 00:39:33,071
♪ Spider Murphy played
the tenor saxophone ♪
698
00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:35,974
♪ little Joe was blowin'
on the slide trombone ♪
699
00:39:36,041 --> 00:39:38,910
♪ the drummer boy from Illinois
went crash, boom, bang ♪
700
00:39:38,977 --> 00:39:41,547
♪ the whole rhythm section
was the purple gang ♪
701
00:39:41,613 --> 00:39:43,515
♪ let's rock ♪
702
00:39:43,582 --> 00:39:47,052
♪ everybody, let's rock ♪
703
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:50,055
♪ everybody
in the whole cell block ♪
704
00:39:50,121 --> 00:39:53,258
♪ was dancin'
to the jailhouse rock ♪
705
00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:56,061
♪ number 47 said to number 3, ♪
706
00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:58,864
♪ "you're the cutest jailbird
I ever did see ♪
707
00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:01,366
♪ "I sure would be delighted
with your company ♪
708
00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:04,335
♪ come on and do
the jailhouse rock with me" ♪
709
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,371
♪ let's rock ♪
710
00:40:06,438 --> 00:40:09,741
♪ everybody, let's rock ♪
711
00:40:09,808 --> 00:40:12,844
♪ everybody
in the whole cell block ♪
712
00:40:12,911 --> 00:40:15,981
♪ was dancin'
to the jailhouse rock ♪
713
00:40:16,047 --> 00:40:18,884
♪ shifty Henry said to bugs
"for heaven's sake ♪
714
00:40:18,950 --> 00:40:21,453
♪ no one is lookin', now's
our chance to make a break" ♪
715
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,389
♪ bugsy turned to shifty
and he said, "nix, nix ♪
716
00:40:24,456 --> 00:40:27,292
♪ I wanna stick around a while
and get my kicks" ♪
717
00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:29,360
♪ let's rock ♪
718
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:32,998
♪ everybody, let's rock ♪
719
00:40:33,064 --> 00:40:35,801
♪ everybody
in the whole cell block ♪
720
00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:39,070
♪ was dancin'
to the jailhouse rock ♪
721
00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:41,940
♪ dancin'
to the jailhouse rock ♪
722
00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:44,810
♪ dancin'
to the jailhouse rock ♪
723
00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:47,646
♪ dancin'
to the jailhouse rock ♪
724
00:40:50,882 --> 00:40:53,619
Suddenly, the fantasy life
I'd been caught up in
725
00:40:53,685 --> 00:40:55,654
ended when uncle Sam called.
726
00:40:55,721 --> 00:40:57,956
I thought, "well, that's it.
It's all over."
727
00:40:58,023 --> 00:41:00,726
But what really worried me
was my mother's health.
728
00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:02,561
She'd been under
a lot of strain,
729
00:41:02,628 --> 00:41:05,063
and now everything
was changing again.
730
00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:07,465
Congratulations.
You are now in the army.
731
00:41:07,533 --> 00:41:09,067
You are all privates.
732
00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:12,971
That's the way you'll be
addressed from now on.
733
00:41:13,038 --> 00:41:14,573
Private Presley,
734
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,842
you'll be in charge
of the group.
735
00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:21,379
As I watched Elvis
say goodbye to his friends,
736
00:41:21,446 --> 00:41:25,450
I kept thinking about everything
we'd been through as a family.
737
00:41:25,517 --> 00:41:28,520
And now, Elvis was going away.
738
00:41:28,587 --> 00:41:30,522
It's not easy for a mother
739
00:41:30,589 --> 00:41:33,324
to say goodbye
to her only child...
740
00:41:33,391 --> 00:41:37,028
Especially a son like Elvis.
741
00:41:37,095 --> 00:41:39,765
Bye! Bye!
Bye!
742
00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:41,567
♪ Hup, hup, hup, hup ♪
743
00:41:41,633 --> 00:41:48,373
♪ I got those hup, two, three,
four, occupation G.I. Blues ♪
744
00:41:48,439 --> 00:41:54,946
♪ from my G.I. Hair
to the heels of my G.I. Shoes ♪
745
00:41:55,013 --> 00:41:57,415
♪ and if I don't go
stateside soon ♪
746
00:41:57,482 --> 00:42:01,553
♪ I'm gonna blow my fuse ♪
747
00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:07,893
♪ we'll get Hasenpfeffer and
black pumpernickel for chow ♪
748
00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:14,365
♪ I'd blow my next month's pay
for a slice of Texas cow ♪
749
00:42:14,432 --> 00:42:20,939
♪ I got those hup, two, three,
four, occupation G.I. Blues ♪
750
00:42:21,006 --> 00:42:27,212
♪ from my G.I. Hair
to the heels of my G.I. Shoes ♪
751
00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:30,215
♪ and if I don't go
stateside soon ♪
752
00:42:30,281 --> 00:42:32,818
♪ I'm gonna blow my fuse ♪
753
00:42:32,884 --> 00:42:35,654
♪ occupation G.I. Blues ♪
754
00:42:35,721 --> 00:42:38,824
♪ occupation G.I. Blues ♪
755
00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:42,594
♪ occupation G.I. Blues ♪
756
00:42:42,661 --> 00:42:44,295
♪ at ease ♪
757
00:42:45,864 --> 00:42:48,399
I went through basic training
in Texas,
758
00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:50,168
and I had my folks move down.
759
00:42:50,235 --> 00:42:52,403
I rented them a nice place
in Killeen,
760
00:42:52,470 --> 00:42:54,673
a small town just off the base.
761
00:42:54,740 --> 00:42:56,507
It wasn't exactly Graceland,
762
00:42:56,574 --> 00:43:03,882
but at least it was off limits
to drill sergeants.
763
00:43:03,949 --> 00:43:07,185
When my mother's health took
a sudden turn for the worse,
764
00:43:07,252 --> 00:43:08,854
she returned to Memphis.
765
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,656
I took a private plane home
766
00:43:10,722 --> 00:43:13,992
as soon as I could get
an emergency leave.
767
00:43:14,059 --> 00:43:15,694
Daddy was already
at the hospital
768
00:43:15,761 --> 00:43:17,562
taking care of mama.
769
00:43:17,629 --> 00:43:20,065
How long are you
going to be in town?
770
00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:35,546
When Elvis arrived
at the hospital,
771
00:43:35,613 --> 00:43:37,749
I had the tough job
of telling him
772
00:43:37,816 --> 00:43:40,051
it was more serious
than we thought.
773
00:43:41,853 --> 00:43:45,290
When we went into her room,
Gladys was real weak,
774
00:43:45,356 --> 00:43:47,726
but you could see
a sparkle in her eye
775
00:43:47,793 --> 00:43:50,295
when she saw Elvis walk in.
776
00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:54,900
As we left,
777
00:43:54,966 --> 00:43:58,369
I had this empty feeling
in my gut.
778
00:43:58,436 --> 00:44:02,073
When I first saw mama,
I couldn't help crying.
779
00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:05,977
Then she calmed me down,
just the way she always had.
780
00:44:06,044 --> 00:44:09,280
I left there
praying she'd get better,
781
00:44:09,347 --> 00:44:15,754
but she passed away
the very next night.
782
00:44:15,821 --> 00:44:18,523
My mother's death
affected my whole life.
783
00:44:18,589 --> 00:44:20,759
I loved her so very much.
784
00:44:20,826 --> 00:44:22,227
All of a sudden,
785
00:44:22,293 --> 00:44:26,932
I felt like my life
had no meaning without her.
786
00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:29,567
A month later,
we were shipped off to New York,
787
00:44:29,634 --> 00:44:31,302
our point of departure
for Germany.
788
00:44:31,369 --> 00:44:34,172
I was relieved the reporters
didn't ask me about my mother.
789
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:35,841
Elvis,
did the other soldiers
790
00:44:35,907 --> 00:44:38,109
give you a rough time
because you're famous?
791
00:44:38,176 --> 00:44:40,478
No, sir.
I was very surprised.
792
00:44:40,545 --> 00:44:45,416
I've never met a better
group of boys in my life.
793
00:44:45,483 --> 00:44:49,721
They probably would have
794
00:44:49,788 --> 00:44:51,790
if it had been
like everybody thought.
795
00:44:51,857 --> 00:44:54,692
I mean, everybody thought
I wouldn't have to work
796
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,561
and I would be given
special treatment
797
00:44:56,627 --> 00:44:58,029
and this and that.
798
00:44:58,096 --> 00:45:00,932
But when they looked around
and saw I was on KP,
799
00:45:00,999 --> 00:45:03,168
I was pulling guard and
everything like they were,
800
00:45:03,234 --> 00:45:05,470
well, they figured,
"well, he's just like us."
801
00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:08,473
Elvis, what do you think
about going to Germany?
802
00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:11,042
Well, sir, I'm kind of
looking forward to it.
803
00:45:11,109 --> 00:45:14,045
I mean, just before
I came in the army,
804
00:45:14,112 --> 00:45:16,114
we were planning a tour
of Europe,
805
00:45:16,181 --> 00:45:22,553
and I got quite a bit
of mail from over there
806
00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:23,989
and everything,
807
00:45:24,055 --> 00:45:26,457
and I'm kind of
looking forward to it, really.
808
00:45:33,999 --> 00:45:36,267
Arriving in Germany
was something else.
809
00:45:36,334 --> 00:45:38,336
I'd never been out
of the states before,
810
00:45:38,403 --> 00:45:40,772
except for one weekend
when I played in Canada.
811
00:45:40,839 --> 00:45:42,273
It was some kind of surprise,
812
00:45:42,340 --> 00:45:44,109
the welcome
the German fans gave me.
813
00:45:44,175 --> 00:45:45,710
I just couldn't believe it.
814
00:45:45,777 --> 00:45:49,214
It was as wild
as anything back home.
815
00:46:15,073 --> 00:46:17,042
I was stationed
with the third armored division
816
00:46:17,108 --> 00:46:18,944
about 30 miles from Frankfurt.
817
00:46:19,010 --> 00:46:20,445
Colonel and I decided
818
00:46:20,511 --> 00:46:23,514
I was in the service
to be a solder, not a singer.
819
00:46:23,581 --> 00:46:27,318
But a lot of officers pressured
me to perform at army bases.
820
00:46:27,385 --> 00:46:32,223
I never did.
821
00:46:32,290 --> 00:46:34,059
Sometimes we'd go out
on tank maneuvers,
822
00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:36,094
and it would get so cold
at night,
823
00:46:36,161 --> 00:46:38,129
we'd have to pop bennies
to stay awake.
824
00:46:38,196 --> 00:46:41,032
If you fell asleep on watch,
you could get frostbite.
825
00:46:47,705 --> 00:46:51,076
I rented a home in bad Nauheim,
a town near the base,
826
00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:53,144
and I sent for my daddy
and grandma
827
00:46:53,211 --> 00:46:55,346
to come over and live with me.
828
00:46:57,916 --> 00:47:00,919
Well, happy birthday,
son.
829
00:47:00,986 --> 00:47:04,155
I was in Germany
a total of 15 months.
830
00:47:04,222 --> 00:47:06,757
On my 25th birthday,
just before heading home,
831
00:47:06,824 --> 00:47:11,362
we had a small party.
832
00:47:11,429 --> 00:47:14,532
While over there, I met a
young girl, Priscilla Beaulieu,
833
00:47:14,599 --> 00:47:17,502
whose father was a colonel
in the air force.
834
00:47:17,568 --> 00:47:20,571
She was only 14, but she made
a strong impression on me.
835
00:47:27,445 --> 00:47:29,547
I met Elvis about six weeks
836
00:47:29,614 --> 00:47:32,083
before his tour of duty
was completed.
837
00:47:32,150 --> 00:47:33,919
A friend of mine who knew him
838
00:47:33,985 --> 00:47:36,087
asked me
if I wanted to meet him.
839
00:47:36,154 --> 00:47:38,556
What girl wouldn't?
840
00:47:38,623 --> 00:47:43,028
Elvis was real friendly,
but it was all over so soon.
841
00:47:43,094 --> 00:47:45,063
As I waved goodbye,
842
00:47:45,130 --> 00:47:47,565
I wondered
if I'd ever see him again.
843
00:48:00,445 --> 00:48:02,247
After landing
on the east coast,
844
00:48:02,313 --> 00:48:05,783
we traveled cross country
by train.
845
00:48:05,850 --> 00:48:08,954
I'd been thinking about this day
for almost two years.
846
00:48:09,020 --> 00:48:10,922
Now it was finally here.
847
00:48:10,989 --> 00:48:14,825
It felt great
to be back home in Memphis.
848
00:48:22,267 --> 00:48:24,035
Colonel Parker
organized a homecoming.
849
00:48:24,102 --> 00:48:25,403
He was back at work
850
00:48:25,470 --> 00:48:27,838
before I could even
get out of my uniform.
851
00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:29,074
People usually forget you
852
00:48:29,140 --> 00:48:30,708
when you're out
of the public eye,
853
00:48:30,775 --> 00:48:33,744
but the colonel felt we'd
be able to rebuild my career.
854
00:48:33,811 --> 00:48:36,381
I kept hoping he was right.
855
00:48:48,259 --> 00:48:50,895
Coming home to Graceland
was kind of strange.
856
00:48:50,962 --> 00:48:53,064
It felt great
to be home and all,
857
00:48:53,131 --> 00:48:55,733
but it was a lot different
without my mother there.
858
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:59,037
Being home just didn't feel
like it used to,
859
00:48:59,104 --> 00:49:02,773
and it was hard not to show it.
860
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:04,976
Before I even had a chance
to unwind,
861
00:49:05,043 --> 00:49:06,644
I had to give
a press conference.
862
00:49:06,711 --> 00:49:09,214
Elvis, there have
been a lot of rumors
863
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:10,648
about your love life.
864
00:49:10,715 --> 00:49:14,719
Did you meet anyone
special in Germany?
865
00:49:14,785 --> 00:49:18,923
Not any special one, no.
866
00:49:18,990 --> 00:49:20,291
There was a little girl
867
00:49:20,358 --> 00:49:23,094
that I was seeing
quite often over there.
868
00:49:23,161 --> 00:49:25,630
Her father
was in the air force,
869
00:49:25,696 --> 00:49:27,498
and, actually,
they only got over there
870
00:49:27,565 --> 00:49:29,167
about two months
before I left.
871
00:49:29,234 --> 00:49:30,401
I was seeing her,
872
00:49:30,468 --> 00:49:33,704
and she was at the airport
when I left.
873
00:49:33,771 --> 00:49:37,608
And there were some
pictures made of her.
874
00:49:37,675 --> 00:49:40,311
But it was no big romance.
875
00:49:40,378 --> 00:49:43,014
I mean,
the stories came out,
876
00:49:43,081 --> 00:49:46,451
"the girl he left behind,"
and all that.
877
00:49:46,517 --> 00:49:48,086
It wasn't like that.
878
00:49:48,153 --> 00:49:49,420
I mean...
879
00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:52,923
I have to be careful
880
00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:56,261
when I answer a question
like that.
881
00:49:56,327 --> 00:49:58,296
Elvis, did you like the food
over there...
882
00:49:58,363 --> 00:50:01,732
When you would go out?
883
00:50:01,799 --> 00:50:05,236
I never went out.
884
00:50:05,303 --> 00:50:07,238
You never ate out
at the restaurants?
885
00:50:07,305 --> 00:50:10,608
I never ate in a restaurant
the entire time I was there.
886
00:50:10,675 --> 00:50:14,479
It's funny. I either ate
in the mess hall or at home.
887
00:50:14,545 --> 00:50:15,446
One of the two.
888
00:50:15,513 --> 00:50:17,415
In fact,
I never went anywhere
889
00:50:17,482 --> 00:50:19,450
while I was in Europe,
except to Paris.
890
00:50:19,517 --> 00:50:23,454
I went to Paris on a leave,
and that was all.
891
00:50:23,521 --> 00:50:25,323
Can you give us
any details
892
00:50:25,390 --> 00:50:27,958
on some
of your future plans?
893
00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:30,695
Well, the first thing
I have to do
894
00:50:30,761 --> 00:50:33,030
is to cut some records.
895
00:50:33,098 --> 00:50:34,432
And then after that,
896
00:50:34,499 --> 00:50:41,906
I have a television show
with frank Sinatra.
897
00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:44,809
Then it was off to Miami
to tape the show.
898
00:50:44,875 --> 00:50:47,845
It's funny, I was a lot more
nervous about performing again
899
00:50:47,912 --> 00:50:49,547
than I thought I'd be.
900
00:50:49,614 --> 00:50:52,650
Here's the star of our show,
Elvis Presley!
901
00:50:59,324 --> 00:51:03,294
♪ It's very nice
to go traveling ♪
902
00:51:03,361 --> 00:51:07,898
♪ but it's so, so nice
to come home ♪
903
00:51:07,965 --> 00:51:11,869
♪ he's here in person ♪
904
00:51:11,936 --> 00:51:14,439
♪ I may pass out ♪
905
00:51:14,505 --> 00:51:17,442
Where the heck
are his sideburns?
906
00:51:17,508 --> 00:51:21,246
♪ Well
I'll be a hound dog ♪
907
00:51:21,312 --> 00:51:25,983
♪ and that's the opening,
friends ♪
908
00:51:36,161 --> 00:51:37,728
Alright,
I'll tell you what we do.
909
00:51:37,795 --> 00:51:41,766
We'll do, uh...
You do witchcraft, okay?
910
00:51:41,832 --> 00:51:45,770
Then I'll do one
of the other ones, okay?
911
00:51:53,678 --> 00:51:56,914
We work in the same way,
only in different areas.
912
00:51:59,817 --> 00:52:03,821
♪ Love me tender
love me sweet ♪
913
00:52:03,888 --> 00:52:07,158
♪ never let me go ♪
914
00:52:07,225 --> 00:52:11,095
♪ you have made
my life complete ♪
915
00:52:11,162 --> 00:52:13,130
♪ and I love you so ♪
916
00:52:13,198 --> 00:52:16,834
♪ those fingers
in my hair ♪
917
00:52:16,901 --> 00:52:20,538
♪ that sly,
come-hither stare ♪
918
00:52:20,605 --> 00:52:23,274
♪ that strips
my conscience bare ♪
919
00:52:23,341 --> 00:52:26,043
♪ it's witchcraft ♪
920
00:52:26,110 --> 00:52:29,414
♪ love me tender
love me true ♪
921
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:33,284
♪ all my dreams fulfill ♪
922
00:52:33,351 --> 00:52:37,288
♪ for my darling
I love you ♪
923
00:52:37,355 --> 00:52:39,490
♪ and I always will ♪
924
00:52:39,557 --> 00:52:43,528
♪ it's such
an ancient pitch ♪
925
00:52:43,594 --> 00:52:46,764
♪ one I wouldn't switch ♪
926
00:52:46,831 --> 00:52:51,736
♪ 'cause there's no nicer
witch than witchcraft ♪
927
00:52:51,802 --> 00:52:58,309
♪ I love you
and I always will ♪
928
00:52:58,376 --> 00:53:05,316
♪ for my darling, I love you ♪
929
00:53:06,351 --> 00:53:08,486
Man, that's pretty.
930
00:53:08,553 --> 00:53:10,955
♪ And I always will ♪
931
00:53:28,839 --> 00:53:30,475
After he left Germany,
932
00:53:30,541 --> 00:53:32,610
Elvis and I stayed in touch.
933
00:53:32,677 --> 00:53:36,814
He must have run up some
incredible phone bills.
934
00:53:36,881 --> 00:53:38,349
When I was 16,
935
00:53:38,416 --> 00:53:41,919
Elvis thought it would be great
if I came to live at Graceland.
936
00:53:41,986 --> 00:53:43,988
He called my parents
and assured them
937
00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:46,391
that I would attend
a good private school
938
00:53:46,457 --> 00:53:49,159
as well as study modeling
and ballet.
939
00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:51,396
My father approved
when it was decided
940
00:53:51,462 --> 00:53:53,998
that Mr. Presley
and his new wife, Dee,
941
00:53:54,064 --> 00:53:59,670
would be my guardians.
942
00:53:59,737 --> 00:54:01,939
Elvis never lived a normal life.
943
00:54:02,006 --> 00:54:06,377
He couldn't even go
to the movies like most people.
944
00:54:06,444 --> 00:54:08,579
Elvis would have to rent
the Memphian theater
945
00:54:08,646 --> 00:54:10,748
after midnight
when it was closed.
946
00:54:10,815 --> 00:54:16,220
Fans would somehow always
find out about it and show up.
947
00:54:16,287 --> 00:54:18,823
Elvis had a thing
about Cadillacs.
948
00:54:18,889 --> 00:54:19,957
Over the years,
949
00:54:20,024 --> 00:54:22,793
he bought more than 100 cars
for friends.
950
00:54:22,860 --> 00:54:26,931
I remember, in one day,
he bought seven of them.
951
00:54:26,997 --> 00:54:28,399
He just loved seeing
952
00:54:28,466 --> 00:54:30,901
the expressions
on people's faces
953
00:54:30,968 --> 00:54:33,338
when he'd give them gifts.
954
00:54:35,606 --> 00:54:39,744
Elvis was the most comfortable
at home.
955
00:54:39,810 --> 00:54:42,513
I'd have to say
the best times we had
956
00:54:42,580 --> 00:54:48,218
were when we were totally alone.
957
00:54:48,285 --> 00:54:50,821
We always had
so much fun at Christmas.
958
00:54:50,888 --> 00:54:52,990
Elvis would have
goldsmith's department store
959
00:54:53,057 --> 00:54:56,427
open up after hours,
and we'd go crazy buying gifts
960
00:54:56,494 --> 00:54:59,096
for all our friends
and relatives.
961
00:54:59,163 --> 00:55:02,833
Christmas was always
so important to Elvis.
962
00:55:02,900 --> 00:55:05,670
Those were wonderful times
we spent together,
963
00:55:05,736 --> 00:55:08,773
but most of the year,
Elvis was away making movies,
964
00:55:08,839 --> 00:55:12,410
and it would get awfully lonely
in Memphis without him.
965
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:16,847
For the next few years,
966
00:55:16,914 --> 00:55:18,683
I made about three pictures
a year.
967
00:55:18,749 --> 00:55:22,553
By the end of the '60s,
I had racked up 31 films in all.
968
00:55:22,620 --> 00:55:24,655
At first,
we worked in Hollywood.
969
00:55:24,722 --> 00:55:26,357
Then we started
going to locations
970
00:55:26,424 --> 00:55:27,692
like the Seattle world's fair.
971
00:55:27,758 --> 00:55:29,560
I always took my guys along,
972
00:55:29,627 --> 00:55:32,262
and most of them
had small parts in the pictures.
973
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,903
Elvis, smile for me!
974
00:55:42,907 --> 00:55:45,843
After a while, the movies
I was making became so similar,
975
00:55:45,910 --> 00:55:50,014
it was hard to tell
one script from the next.
976
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:52,450
We'd always be kidding around
on the set,
977
00:55:52,517 --> 00:55:54,985
and colonel Parker
was up to his old pranks again.
978
00:55:55,052 --> 00:55:57,922
He gave me am award
for all my challenging roles ...
979
00:55:57,988 --> 00:56:01,258
A ham.
980
00:56:01,325 --> 00:56:03,528
♪ Too much monkey business ♪
981
00:56:03,594 --> 00:56:07,798
♪ too much monkey business ♪
982
00:56:07,865 --> 00:56:11,969
♪ too much monkey business
for me to be involved in ♪
983
00:56:12,036 --> 00:56:13,638
♪ uh-huh-huh ♪
984
00:56:13,704 --> 00:56:16,006
♪ blond hair, good-lookin'
tryin' to get me hooked ♪
985
00:56:16,073 --> 00:56:17,608
♪ want me to marry
settle down ♪
986
00:56:17,675 --> 00:56:20,277
♪ and get a home
and write a book ♪
987
00:56:20,344 --> 00:56:22,747
♪ too much monkey business ♪
988
00:56:22,813 --> 00:56:26,350
♪ too much monkey business ♪
989
00:56:26,417 --> 00:56:30,387
♪ too much monkey business
for me to be involved in ♪
990
00:56:30,455 --> 00:56:33,057
♪ uh-huh-huh ♪
991
00:56:40,931 --> 00:56:42,467
♪ Workin'
in the filling station ♪
992
00:56:42,533 --> 00:56:43,768
♪ too many tasks ♪
993
00:56:43,834 --> 00:56:45,202
♪ wipe the windows,
check the tires
994
00:56:45,269 --> 00:56:47,304
♪ check the oil, dollar gas ♪
995
00:56:47,371 --> 00:56:49,840
♪ too much monkey business ♪
996
00:56:49,907 --> 00:56:53,711
♪ too much monkey business ♪
997
00:56:53,778 --> 00:56:57,515
♪ too much monkey business
for me to be involved in ♪
998
00:56:57,582 --> 00:56:59,884
♪ uh-huh-huh ♪
999
00:56:59,950 --> 00:57:02,620
♪ too much monkey business ♪
1000
00:57:02,687 --> 00:57:05,690
♪ too much monkey business ♪
1001
00:57:05,756 --> 00:57:07,692
♪ too much monkey business ♪
1002
00:57:10,628 --> 00:57:12,930
While I was making
those silly movies,
1003
00:57:12,997 --> 00:57:14,932
the Beatles
were conquering America.
1004
00:57:14,999 --> 00:57:21,872
♪ Oh, yeah, I tell you something
I think you'll understand ♪
1005
00:57:21,939 --> 00:57:23,608
One psychiatrist
recently said
1006
00:57:23,674 --> 00:57:25,610
you're nothing
but four Elvis Presleys.
1007
00:57:25,676 --> 00:57:27,845
It's not true.
1008
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:34,251
♪ I wanna hold your hand ♪
1009
00:57:34,318 --> 00:57:37,321
♪ I wanna hold your hand ♪
1010
00:57:37,387 --> 00:57:41,091
♪ I wanna hold your hand ♪
1011
00:57:45,863 --> 00:57:47,231
You know,
something very nice happened,
1012
00:57:47,297 --> 00:57:50,067
and the Beatles
got a great kick out of it.
1013
00:57:50,134 --> 00:57:51,536
We just received a wire
1014
00:57:51,602 --> 00:57:53,771
from Elvis Presley
and colonel Tom Parker
1015
00:57:53,838 --> 00:57:55,940
wishing them a tremendous
success in our country,
1016
00:57:56,006 --> 00:58:00,578
and I think that was
very, very nice.
1017
00:58:00,645 --> 00:58:05,650
Elvis and I decided
to get married on may 1, 1967.
1018
00:58:05,716 --> 00:58:08,418
We called our friends
and families to Las Vegas
1019
00:58:08,485 --> 00:58:10,387
for the wedding.
1020
00:58:10,454 --> 00:58:14,659
I could hardly believe
that I was Mrs. Elvis Presley.
1021
00:58:17,762 --> 00:58:23,868
♪ You have made
my life complete ♪
1022
00:58:23,934 --> 00:58:29,740
♪ and I love you so ♪
1023
00:58:29,807 --> 00:58:36,547
♪ love me tender, love me true ♪
1024
00:58:36,614 --> 00:58:43,053
♪ all my dreams fulfill ♪
1025
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:49,660
♪ for my darling, I love you ♪
1026
00:58:49,727 --> 00:58:54,765
♪ and I always will ♪
1027
00:58:54,832 --> 00:58:57,702
My reaction
to Elvis' marriage?
1028
00:58:57,768 --> 00:58:59,436
Well, it's wonderful.
1029
00:58:59,503 --> 00:59:01,806
It's about time
he settled down.
1030
00:59:01,872 --> 00:59:03,574
I hope he'll be happy,
you know,
1031
00:59:03,641 --> 00:59:04,875
'cause he deserves it.
1032
00:59:04,942 --> 00:59:06,343
Actually,
I'm quite relieved.
1033
00:59:06,410 --> 00:59:09,313
It's been nothing
but Elvis this, Elvis that
1034
00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:10,748
between me and my girl.
1035
00:59:10,815 --> 00:59:12,382
I'm tired of hearing it,
really.
1036
00:59:12,449 --> 00:59:14,051
He looks so good.
1037
00:59:14,118 --> 00:59:16,921
It's hard to believe he's
been single all these years.
1038
00:59:16,987 --> 00:59:20,024
That Priscilla must be
some kind of special lady.
1039
00:59:20,090 --> 00:59:21,558
After the wedding,
1040
00:59:21,626 --> 00:59:23,661
we flew to palm Springs
for our honeymoon,
1041
00:59:23,728 --> 00:59:25,395
where Vernon and his wife, Dee,
1042
00:59:25,462 --> 00:59:29,834
joined my parents
and our friends.
1043
00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:33,638
The celebrations continued
back at Graceland.
1044
00:59:33,704 --> 00:59:35,906
♪ I got something to tell you ♪
1045
00:59:35,973 --> 00:59:38,843
♪ that I think
you ought to know ♪
1046
00:59:38,909 --> 00:59:41,345
♪ that my eyes
are on you, baby ♪
1047
00:59:41,411 --> 00:59:43,848
♪ since a long time ago ♪
1048
00:59:43,914 --> 00:59:46,617
♪ now I've finally
got the nerve ♪
1049
00:59:46,684 --> 00:59:49,019
♪ and I'm goin'
to make my move ♪
1050
00:59:49,086 --> 00:59:51,255
♪ now don't you try
to turn me off ♪
1051
00:59:51,321 --> 00:59:54,124
♪ 'cause this is goin' to be
hard to do ♪
1052
00:59:54,191 --> 00:59:56,694
♪ I got a thing
about you, baby ♪
1053
00:59:56,761 --> 00:59:58,896
♪ ain't nothing I can do ♪
1054
00:59:58,963 --> 01:00:02,032
♪ I got a thing
about you, baby ♪
1055
01:00:02,099 --> 01:00:08,839
♪ a thing about loving you ♪
1056
01:00:08,906 --> 01:00:13,277
♪ do-do do do do
do do-do ♪
1057
01:00:13,343 --> 01:00:15,512
♪ ain't no two ways
about it, baby... ♪
1058
01:00:15,579 --> 01:00:18,015
Nine months
to the day after our wedding,
1059
01:00:18,082 --> 01:00:20,685
our daughter, Lisa Marie,
was born.
1060
01:00:20,751 --> 01:00:23,620
Elvis was totally ecstatic.
1061
01:00:23,688 --> 01:00:25,823
He always loved
having family around,
1062
01:00:25,890 --> 01:00:28,458
and now he was happier
than ever.
1063
01:00:28,525 --> 01:00:31,228
♪ Know that I can't live
without you ♪
1064
01:00:31,295 --> 01:00:32,797
♪ I think about you
all the time ♪
1065
01:00:32,863 --> 01:00:35,966
♪ I got a thing
about you, baby ♪
1066
01:00:36,033 --> 01:00:38,368
♪ ain't nothing I can do... ♪
1067
01:00:38,435 --> 01:00:41,338
Lisa Marie
changed his whole life.
1068
01:00:41,405 --> 01:00:47,878
Elvis adored her.
1069
01:00:47,945 --> 01:00:49,814
This is another convention
1070
01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:52,850
of the official Elvis Presley
fan club of Great Britain.
1071
01:00:52,917 --> 01:00:54,451
The only snag
1072
01:00:54,518 --> 01:00:57,822
to cloud this nostalgic
jaunt back to the 1950s
1073
01:00:57,888 --> 01:01:00,090
is that the object
of their affections
1074
01:01:00,157 --> 01:01:02,426
won't actually be here
in person.
1075
01:01:02,492 --> 01:01:05,662
♪ Save me
too good to miss ♪
1076
01:01:05,730 --> 01:01:07,531
♪ want more of this ♪
1077
01:01:07,597 --> 01:01:09,099
The dancing in the aisles
1078
01:01:09,166 --> 01:01:12,002
recalls nostalgic memories
of the '50s,
1079
01:01:12,069 --> 01:01:15,339
when Elvis inspired the youth
of the world
1080
01:01:15,405 --> 01:01:19,810
with his unique style
and smash records.
1081
01:01:19,877 --> 01:01:22,312
Will you tell me why
you're dressed this way?
1082
01:01:22,379 --> 01:01:26,316
Well, rock and roll,
wouldn't it? You know.
1083
01:01:26,383 --> 01:01:28,552
Elvis first started it.
That was the thing.
1084
01:01:28,618 --> 01:01:29,586
He brought it in.
1085
01:01:29,653 --> 01:01:30,921
I think Elvis is great.
1086
01:01:30,988 --> 01:01:32,556
What's so
great about him?
1087
01:01:32,622 --> 01:01:34,091
Oh, he's marvelous.
1088
01:01:34,158 --> 01:01:35,926
There's nobody
that can sing like him.
1089
01:01:35,993 --> 01:01:40,264
I feel that if more people
in the world
1090
01:01:40,330 --> 01:01:43,367
would follow Elvis Presley's
way of life,
1091
01:01:43,433 --> 01:01:45,402
the world would be
a much better place.
1092
01:01:45,469 --> 01:01:47,271
Middle-aged women are here
1093
01:01:47,337 --> 01:01:50,307
to recall their long-lost days
as trendy mums,
1094
01:01:50,374 --> 01:01:53,911
and Teddy boys of years ago
have brought their children
1095
01:01:53,978 --> 01:01:58,582
to show them what it was like
when dad was a teenage bopper.
1096
01:01:58,648 --> 01:02:01,718
But where is this man
they've come to worship?
1097
01:02:01,786 --> 01:02:04,421
Is he a relic of the '50s?
1098
01:02:04,488 --> 01:02:07,091
Will we ever see Elvis
in person again?
1099
01:02:13,964 --> 01:02:15,199
After a while,
1100
01:02:15,265 --> 01:02:17,401
I was getting tired
of making movies.
1101
01:02:17,467 --> 01:02:20,838
The scripts were so bad,
I'd actually get physically ill.
1102
01:02:20,905 --> 01:02:23,273
I guess I cared too much.
1103
01:02:23,340 --> 01:02:26,743
Then we came up with the idea
of doing my own TV special.
1104
01:02:26,811 --> 01:02:28,345
It had been almost 10 years
1105
01:02:28,412 --> 01:02:30,981
since I'd performed
in front of an audience.
1106
01:02:31,048 --> 01:02:33,818
I started getting excited
just going to rehearsals.
1107
01:02:33,884 --> 01:02:36,086
It was just the challenge
I needed.
1108
01:02:36,153 --> 01:02:39,423
The guys closest to me
knew what I was going through,
1109
01:02:39,489 --> 01:02:44,328
especially Joe Esposito.
1110
01:02:44,394 --> 01:02:47,164
1968
was a turning point for Elvis.
1111
01:02:47,231 --> 01:02:49,266
He was 33,
and his personal life
1112
01:02:49,333 --> 01:02:52,102
had changed a lot
with the birth of Lisa Marie,
1113
01:02:52,169 --> 01:02:54,438
but Elvis
wasn't creatively satisfied
1114
01:02:54,504 --> 01:02:55,772
with what he was doing.
1115
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:57,875
The special
got him all worked up again.
1116
01:02:57,942 --> 01:02:59,709
Elvis really wanted
to show the public
1117
01:02:59,776 --> 01:03:01,879
he was a lot more
of an entertainer
1118
01:03:01,946 --> 01:03:03,713
than they'd been seeing
in his films,
1119
01:03:03,780 --> 01:03:06,683
but I knew
he also had his doubts.
1120
01:03:20,064 --> 01:03:28,572
That's it, man.
1121
01:03:28,638 --> 01:03:30,507
Well, see you guys tomorrow.
1122
01:03:30,574 --> 01:03:32,176
So long, Elvis.
1123
01:03:32,242 --> 01:03:34,111
Whenever.
1124
01:03:34,178 --> 01:03:37,714
Welcome to NBC
and the "Elvis Presley special."
1125
01:03:45,189 --> 01:03:47,457
And here's Elvis Presley.
1126
01:03:51,495 --> 01:03:52,496
Thank you very much.
1127
01:03:52,562 --> 01:03:54,064
We opened the special
1128
01:03:54,131 --> 01:03:57,301
with some of the guys
I started with back in '54.
1129
01:03:57,367 --> 01:03:58,635
My boy, my boy.
1130
01:04:01,005 --> 01:04:03,540
It's been a long time,
Jack, I'm telling you.
1131
01:04:04,741 --> 01:04:05,976
It's been a while.
1132
01:04:06,043 --> 01:04:07,311
A while.
1133
01:04:07,377 --> 01:04:08,445
Wait a minute.
1134
01:04:08,512 --> 01:04:10,447
There's something wrong
with my lip.
1135
01:04:13,483 --> 01:04:15,585
You remember that,
don't you?
1136
01:04:21,625 --> 01:04:25,029
I got news for you, baby.
I did 29 pictures like that.
1137
01:04:28,165 --> 01:04:31,368
Hey, Elvis,
the fingers.
1138
01:04:31,435 --> 01:04:33,637
Yeah. That's all
I could move in Florida.
1139
01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:35,039
Yeah,
that's right.
1140
01:04:35,105 --> 01:04:37,474
The police filmed
a show one time in Florida.
1141
01:04:37,541 --> 01:04:39,776
So I couldn't move.
I had to stand still.
1142
01:04:39,843 --> 01:04:42,612
The only thing I moved was
my little finger, like that.
1143
01:04:42,679 --> 01:04:45,215
♪ You ain't nothin'
but a hound dog ♪
1144
01:04:45,282 --> 01:04:46,883
♪ cryin' all the time ♪
1145
01:04:46,951 --> 01:04:48,852
You know, for the whole show.
1146
01:04:54,258 --> 01:04:56,626
So I told them, I said,
"well, look, man,
1147
01:04:56,693 --> 01:04:58,895
you can do anything
you want to do..."
1148
01:05:01,098 --> 01:05:03,500
"You can do anything
you want to do, baby."
1149
01:05:05,502 --> 01:05:08,505
♪ Well, it's one for the money,
two for the show, ♪
1150
01:05:08,572 --> 01:05:11,141
♪ three to get ready,
now go, cat, go ♪
1151
01:05:11,208 --> 01:05:15,980
♪ but don't you
step on my blue suede shoes ♪
1152
01:05:16,046 --> 01:05:17,614
♪ well, you can do anything ♪
1153
01:05:17,681 --> 01:05:21,485
♪ but get off
of my blue suede shoes ♪
1154
01:05:21,551 --> 01:05:24,488
♪ you can knock me down
and step on my face ♪
1155
01:05:24,554 --> 01:05:26,756
♪ slander my name
all over the place ♪
1156
01:05:26,823 --> 01:05:29,159
♪ you can do anything
that you want to do ♪
1157
01:05:29,226 --> 01:05:32,196
♪ but unh-unh, honey,
lay off of my shoes ♪
1158
01:05:32,262 --> 01:05:36,233
♪ don't you
step on my blue suede shoes ♪
1159
01:05:36,300 --> 01:05:37,767
♪ well, you can do anything ♪
1160
01:05:37,834 --> 01:05:41,738
♪ but lay off
of my blue suede shoes ♪
1161
01:05:41,805 --> 01:05:44,674
♪ you can burn my house,
steal my car ♪
1162
01:05:44,741 --> 01:05:47,411
♪ drink my liquor
from an old fruit jar ♪
1163
01:05:47,477 --> 01:05:50,314
♪ do anything
that you want to do ♪
1164
01:05:50,380 --> 01:05:52,816
♪ but unh-unh, honey,
lay off of my shoes ♪
1165
01:05:52,882 --> 01:05:56,920
♪ and don't you
step on my blue suede shoes ♪
1166
01:05:56,987 --> 01:05:58,622
♪ well, you can do anything ♪
1167
01:05:58,688 --> 01:06:01,158
♪ but lay off
of my blue suede shoes ♪
1168
01:06:01,225 --> 01:06:03,960
One time baby, one time!
1169
01:06:12,836 --> 01:06:14,271
♪ Well, you can do anything ♪
1170
01:06:14,338 --> 01:06:18,142
♪ but lay off
of my blue suede shoes ♪
1171
01:06:27,017 --> 01:06:28,352
The show ended up
1172
01:06:28,418 --> 01:06:31,388
the most watched
television program of 1968.
1173
01:06:31,455 --> 01:06:34,558
We all felt great
about the way it turned out.
1174
01:06:42,432 --> 01:06:45,802
After the special, I wanted
to keep performing on stage.
1175
01:06:45,869 --> 01:06:47,304
I had the itch again.
1176
01:06:47,371 --> 01:06:50,507
I was booked into Las Vegas'
biggest showroom.
1177
01:06:50,574 --> 01:06:53,510
Fans came from as far away
as Europe and Japan.
1178
01:06:53,577 --> 01:06:57,314
♪ ...ready to burn
so get those stakes up higher ♪
1179
01:06:57,381 --> 01:07:01,118
♪ there's a thousand pretty
women waiting out there ♪
1180
01:07:01,185 --> 01:07:03,887
The colonel dressed up
the hotel like a carnival.
1181
01:07:03,953 --> 01:07:05,555
There were posters, Teddy bears,
1182
01:07:05,622 --> 01:07:08,058
and hound dogs
all over the place.
1183
01:07:08,125 --> 01:07:09,793
♪ So viva ♪
1184
01:07:09,859 --> 01:07:14,231
♪ viva Las Vegas ♪
1185
01:07:14,298 --> 01:07:16,366
"Here's hoping you have
a very successful opening
1186
01:07:16,433 --> 01:07:18,935
and that you break
both legs."
1187
01:07:19,002 --> 01:07:21,004
Signed "Tom Jones."
1188
01:07:21,071 --> 01:07:23,640
"Best wishes for a continuing
successful Vegas show.
1189
01:07:23,707 --> 01:07:26,676
"I hope you get a raise
in the next six months.
1190
01:07:26,743 --> 01:07:28,445
Joe esposito."
1191
01:07:28,512 --> 01:07:31,115
"Dear Elvis, after 15 years,
we have finally learned
1192
01:07:31,181 --> 01:07:33,016
to understand
what you say on record."
1193
01:07:33,083 --> 01:07:36,353
Signed "RCA."
1194
01:07:36,420 --> 01:07:39,556
"Dear Elvis, may you have
the biggest of them all."
1195
01:07:40,624 --> 01:07:42,058
Who signed that?
1196
01:07:42,126 --> 01:07:44,161
No, wait a minute, man.
I misread it.
1197
01:07:44,228 --> 01:07:46,196
"May this be
the biggest of them all."
1198
01:07:46,263 --> 01:07:47,831
I know it, man.
I know it...
1199
01:07:47,897 --> 01:07:50,600
"My god, my god,
why hast thou forsaken me?"
1200
01:07:53,670 --> 01:07:58,808
Signed "the pope."
1201
01:07:58,875 --> 01:08:01,378
Huh? What do you mean
you can't use them?
1202
01:08:01,445 --> 01:08:04,013
I got a telegram
from the pope.
1203
01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:07,417
It's a pleasure
to be able to see Elvis.
1204
01:08:07,484 --> 01:08:10,487
He hasn't been on the stage in
10 years and everyone's waiting.
1205
01:08:10,554 --> 01:08:12,088
It's like a championship fight,
1206
01:08:12,156 --> 01:08:15,125
but I know he's
going to be the winner.
1207
01:08:22,799 --> 01:08:25,402
As I got ready
for the lights to dim,
1208
01:08:25,469 --> 01:08:28,838
I couldn't forget when
I first played Vegas in '56.
1209
01:08:28,905 --> 01:08:31,975
A lot of people
thought I'd bombed back then.
1210
01:08:32,041 --> 01:08:34,043
It shook me up, alright,
1211
01:08:34,110 --> 01:08:36,380
but tonight
would be a lot different.
1212
01:09:09,946 --> 01:09:13,350
♪ We're caught in a trap ♪
1213
01:09:13,417 --> 01:09:16,586
♪ I can't walk out ♪
1214
01:09:16,653 --> 01:09:23,927
♪ because I love you
too much, baby ♪
1215
01:09:23,993 --> 01:09:26,095
♪ why can't you see ♪
1216
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:27,464
♪ whoa whoa whoa ♪
1217
01:09:27,531 --> 01:09:30,734
♪ what you're doin' to me ♪
1218
01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:38,041
♪ when you don't believe
a word I'm sayin'? ♪
1219
01:09:38,107 --> 01:09:42,512
♪ We can't go on together
with suspicious minds ♪
1220
01:09:42,579 --> 01:09:44,248
♪ suspicious minds ♪
1221
01:09:44,314 --> 01:09:51,988
♪ and we can't build our dreams
with suspicious minds ♪
1222
01:09:52,055 --> 01:09:53,990
♪ why can't you see ♪
1223
01:09:54,057 --> 01:09:55,259
♪ whoa whoa whoa ♪
1224
01:09:55,325 --> 01:09:58,595
♪ what you're doin' to me ♪
1225
01:09:58,662 --> 01:10:03,767
♪ when you don't believe
a word I'm sayin'? ♪
1226
01:10:03,833 --> 01:10:08,505
♪ Don't you know
I'm caught in a... ♪
1227
01:10:08,572 --> 01:10:10,240
♪ I can't walk out ♪
1228
01:10:10,307 --> 01:10:12,175
♪ whoa whoa whoa ♪
1229
01:10:12,242 --> 01:10:19,082
♪ because I love you too much ♪
1230
01:10:19,148 --> 01:10:22,118
♪ caught in a trap ♪
1231
01:10:22,185 --> 01:10:24,120
♪ I can't walk out ♪
1232
01:10:24,187 --> 01:10:25,455
♪ whoa whoa whoa ♪
1233
01:10:25,522 --> 01:10:30,427
♪ because I love you too much ♪
1234
01:10:30,494 --> 01:10:35,465
♪ don't you know
I'm caught in a... ♪
1235
01:10:35,532 --> 01:10:38,335
♪ I can't walk... ♪
1236
01:11:18,107 --> 01:11:20,209
How are you?
1237
01:11:20,276 --> 01:11:22,912
Like me to sit down?
1238
01:11:22,979 --> 01:11:25,849
First of all,
I plead innocent of all charges.
1239
01:11:29,386 --> 01:11:31,788
Is your wife,
Priscilla, with you?
1240
01:11:31,855 --> 01:11:33,089
No, she's not.
1241
01:11:33,156 --> 01:11:36,826
Why did you start making
public appearances again?
1242
01:11:36,893 --> 01:11:38,462
I just missed it.
1243
01:11:38,528 --> 01:11:40,764
I missed the...
1244
01:11:40,830 --> 01:11:44,501
The closeness of an audience,
of a live audience.
1245
01:11:44,568 --> 01:11:47,737
So just as soon as I got out
of the movie contracts,
1246
01:11:47,804 --> 01:11:51,007
I started to do
live performances again.
1247
01:11:51,074 --> 01:11:52,676
Mr. Presley,
1248
01:11:52,742 --> 01:11:55,379
what is your opinion
of war protesters?
1249
01:11:55,445 --> 01:11:59,182
And would you today
refuse to be drafted?
1250
01:11:59,248 --> 01:12:00,717
Honey, I'd just soon
1251
01:12:00,784 --> 01:12:03,553
to keep my own personal views
about that to myself.
1252
01:12:03,620 --> 01:12:05,922
I'm just an entertainer,
and...I'd rather not say.
1253
01:12:05,989 --> 01:12:07,424
Do you think
other entertainers
1254
01:12:07,491 --> 01:12:09,258
should also keep their
views to themselves?
1255
01:12:09,325 --> 01:12:10,827
No.
1256
01:12:10,894 --> 01:12:13,062
Are you satisfied with the
image you've established?
1257
01:12:13,129 --> 01:12:15,899
The image is one thing,
and a human being is another.
1258
01:12:15,965 --> 01:12:17,934
How close is the image
to the man?
1259
01:12:18,001 --> 01:12:20,437
It's very hard
to live up to an image.
1260
01:12:20,504 --> 01:12:21,871
I put it that way.
1261
01:12:21,938 --> 01:12:26,943
What about your image as a shy,
humble country boy?
1262
01:12:28,578 --> 01:12:30,614
I don't know
what makes them think that.
1263
01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:32,949
You know,
this gold belt...
1264
01:12:36,953 --> 01:12:39,623
Starting in 1970,
we spent most of our time
1265
01:12:39,689 --> 01:12:41,791
touring from one town
to the next.
1266
01:12:41,858 --> 01:12:46,129
In 7 years, we did 1,094 shows
in 130 cities.
1267
01:12:49,065 --> 01:12:52,836
I loved being out there again.
It was like back in the '50s.
1268
01:12:52,902 --> 01:12:55,572
After a while, the pressures of
life on the road
1269
01:12:55,639 --> 01:12:59,676
started getting to me.
1270
01:12:59,743 --> 01:13:02,345
Is that when we got caught
that night, chief,
1271
01:13:02,412 --> 01:13:03,980
at the gator bowl?
1272
01:13:04,047 --> 01:13:07,316
And you guys put me through
a window into a paddy wagon
1273
01:13:07,383 --> 01:13:08,752
and took me to the hospital.
1274
01:13:08,818 --> 01:13:11,287
Did you guys see
that rocket this morning?
1275
01:13:11,354 --> 01:13:13,590
Did the launch chair go off?
1276
01:13:13,657 --> 01:13:16,426
You could
see it through the sky
1277
01:13:16,493 --> 01:13:17,961
when it disconnected
up there.
1278
01:13:18,027 --> 01:13:21,330
Geege and them saw the
explosion. I didn't know.
1279
01:13:21,397 --> 01:13:22,599
It's launched
right over here.
1280
01:13:22,666 --> 01:13:24,333
I had "launch" at 12:30.
1281
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:27,370
I was
buried in a beaver.
1282
01:13:27,437 --> 01:13:30,907
How was your launch?
1283
01:13:30,974 --> 01:13:32,141
Just picture it...
1284
01:13:32,208 --> 01:13:34,578
Watch out, Elvis,
there's a Mike up there.
1285
01:13:34,644 --> 01:13:35,745
Oh, you sneaky ...
1286
01:13:35,812 --> 01:13:37,413
I knew they had them.
1287
01:13:37,481 --> 01:13:41,685
That's why I didn't
want to say "no."
1288
01:13:41,751 --> 01:13:44,588
Now you got to do a five-minute
monologue over this.
1289
01:13:44,654 --> 01:13:52,261
♪ What a friend
we have in Jesus ♪
1290
01:13:52,328 --> 01:13:55,331
♪ well, I left my home
in Norfolk, Virginia ♪
1291
01:13:55,398 --> 01:13:57,701
♪ California on my mind ♪
1292
01:13:57,767 --> 01:14:00,403
♪ straddled that greyhound
and rode him into Raleigh ♪
1293
01:14:00,470 --> 01:14:02,706
♪ and on across Caroline ♪
1294
01:14:02,772 --> 01:14:05,374
♪ had motor trouble
that turned into a struggle ♪
1295
01:14:05,441 --> 01:14:07,777
♪ halfway across alabam' ♪
1296
01:14:07,844 --> 01:14:10,480
♪ well, the hound broke down
and left us all stranded ♪
1297
01:14:10,547 --> 01:14:15,418
♪ in downtown Birmingham ♪
1298
01:14:15,485 --> 01:14:17,453
I love you, Elvis.
1299
01:14:22,792 --> 01:14:25,194
Elvis!
Elvis!
1300
01:14:33,269 --> 01:14:34,938
You ain't gonna come in?
1301
01:14:36,940 --> 01:14:40,877
Take-off time will be
at 8:15, fellows.
1302
01:14:40,944 --> 01:14:43,312
You know that girl
I was with last night?
1303
01:14:43,379 --> 01:14:44,413
The dog?
1304
01:14:44,480 --> 01:14:49,418
Oh, man.
She gave great head.
1305
01:14:49,485 --> 01:14:51,487
Hey, Joe,
that chick last night
1306
01:14:51,555 --> 01:14:53,456
gave greatest head...
1307
01:14:53,523 --> 01:14:55,424
Remember that dog
he was with?
1308
01:14:55,491 --> 01:14:58,127
♪ Well, right away I bought me
a through train ticket
1309
01:14:58,194 --> 01:15:00,530
♪ right 'cross
the pacific... ♪
1310
01:15:00,597 --> 01:15:03,466
♪ I was on that midnight flyer
out of Birmingham ♪
1311
01:15:03,533 --> 01:15:05,769
♪ and smokin' into New Orleans ♪
1312
01:15:05,835 --> 01:15:08,437
♪ somebody help me
get out of Louisiana ♪
1313
01:15:08,504 --> 01:15:10,506
♪ just help me get
to Houston town ♪
1314
01:15:10,574 --> 01:15:13,710
♪ there are people there
who care a little 'bout me... ♪
1315
01:15:21,585 --> 01:15:22,919
One year, I was chosen
1316
01:15:22,986 --> 01:15:25,288
one of the 10 outstanding
young men in America.
1317
01:15:25,354 --> 01:15:28,825
It was a real honor for me.
I was very moved.
1318
01:15:28,892 --> 01:15:31,160
So every dream
that I ever dreamed
1319
01:15:31,227 --> 01:15:33,897
has come true 100 times.
1320
01:15:33,963 --> 01:15:36,099
I learned very early in life
1321
01:15:36,165 --> 01:15:39,603
that "without a song,
the day would never end,
1322
01:15:39,669 --> 01:15:42,672
"without a song,
a man ain't got a friend,
1323
01:15:42,739 --> 01:15:45,942
"without a song,
the world would never bend,
1324
01:15:46,009 --> 01:15:46,876
without a song."
1325
01:15:46,943 --> 01:15:48,511
So I keep singing a song.
1326
01:15:48,578 --> 01:15:51,214
♪ As sure as you were born
to buy me a silk suit ♪
1327
01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:53,750
♪ and puttin' luggage
in my hand ♪
1328
01:15:53,817 --> 01:15:56,019
♪ and I'm up up high
over Albuquerque ♪
1329
01:15:56,085 --> 01:15:58,321
♪ on a jet
to the promised land ♪
1330
01:15:58,387 --> 01:16:01,024
♪ I'm workin' on a t-bone steak
a la carte ♪
1331
01:16:01,090 --> 01:16:03,760
♪ flyin' over
to the golden state ♪
1332
01:16:03,827 --> 01:16:06,129
♪ the pilot told us
in 13 minutes ♪
1333
01:16:06,195 --> 01:16:13,102
♪ he would sit us
at the purple gate ♪
1334
01:16:15,839 --> 01:16:18,041
The single most exciting concert
I ever gave
1335
01:16:18,107 --> 01:16:22,145
was an event colonel Parker
set up in Hawaii in 1973.
1336
01:16:22,211 --> 01:16:25,314
It was the first
worldwide satellite telecast
1337
01:16:25,381 --> 01:16:26,716
by an entertainer.
1338
01:16:26,783 --> 01:16:28,985
It was seen in 36 countries.
1339
01:16:29,052 --> 01:16:31,187
Over a billion people
were watching.
1340
01:16:46,069 --> 01:16:48,004
How was the sound
in that building?
1341
01:16:48,071 --> 01:16:49,706
Very, very good.
Good.
1342
01:16:49,773 --> 01:16:51,340
Sounded like
it was good.
1343
01:16:51,407 --> 01:16:54,010
It really did.
1344
01:17:01,885 --> 01:17:04,688
Man, can Hawaii
get sticky.
1345
01:17:04,754 --> 01:17:08,457
It's a hot time
in Florida.
1346
01:17:08,524 --> 01:17:11,060
♪ Rainy night in Georgia ♪
1347
01:17:19,936 --> 01:17:22,939
If only I could have seen
what was happening to me,
1348
01:17:23,006 --> 01:17:24,941
I might have done something
about it.
1349
01:17:25,008 --> 01:17:27,343
My marriage was falling apart.
1350
01:17:27,410 --> 01:17:29,979
Priscilla and I
were hardly ever together,
1351
01:17:30,046 --> 01:17:33,016
and even when we were,
things weren't the same.
1352
01:17:33,082 --> 01:17:35,051
And one day
while I was playing Vegas,
1353
01:17:35,118 --> 01:17:37,854
Priscilla came to tell me
she wanted a divorce.
1354
01:17:37,921 --> 01:17:40,223
At first, I was angry and hurt.
1355
01:17:40,289 --> 01:17:42,859
It took a long time
for me to accept it,
1356
01:17:42,926 --> 01:17:45,094
but losing her really got to me.
1357
01:17:45,161 --> 01:17:47,296
After all the years together,
1358
01:17:47,363 --> 01:17:49,833
we just couldn't make things
work out.
1359
01:17:49,899 --> 01:17:55,071
♪ Maybe I didn't treat you ♪
1360
01:17:55,138 --> 01:18:00,576
♪ quite as good
as I should have ♪
1361
01:18:00,643 --> 01:18:06,015
♪ maybe I didn't love you ♪
1362
01:18:06,082 --> 01:18:11,254
♪ quite as often
as I could have ♪
1363
01:18:11,320 --> 01:18:16,760
♪ little things
I should have said and done ♪
1364
01:18:16,826 --> 01:18:21,898
♪ I just never took the time ♪
1365
01:18:21,965 --> 01:18:24,233
♪ you were always on my mind ♪
1366
01:18:24,300 --> 01:18:27,103
♪ you were always on my mind ♪
1367
01:18:27,170 --> 01:18:32,675
♪ you were always on my mind ♪
1368
01:18:32,742 --> 01:18:37,847
♪ maybe I didn't hold you ♪
1369
01:18:37,914 --> 01:18:42,986
♪ all those lonely,
lonely times ♪
1370
01:18:43,052 --> 01:18:47,891
♪ and I guess I never told you ♪
1371
01:18:47,957 --> 01:18:53,262
♪ I'm so happy
that you're mine ♪
1372
01:18:53,329 --> 01:18:58,067
♪ if I made you feel
second best ♪
1373
01:18:58,134 --> 01:19:03,106
♪ girl, I'm so sorry
I was blind ♪
1374
01:19:03,172 --> 01:19:06,309
♪ but you were
always on my mind ♪
1375
01:19:06,375 --> 01:19:08,644
♪ you were always on my mind ♪
1376
01:19:08,711 --> 01:19:14,250
♪ you were always on my mind ♪
1377
01:19:23,226 --> 01:19:25,494
♪ You were always on my mind ♪
1378
01:19:35,571 --> 01:19:37,640
How are you?
1379
01:19:37,706 --> 01:19:41,710
After Priscilla and I split up,
it was a strange time.
1380
01:19:41,777 --> 01:19:43,446
I was turning 40,
1381
01:19:43,512 --> 01:19:46,382
and the only time
I really felt good any more
1382
01:19:46,449 --> 01:19:47,884
was on stage.
1383
01:19:47,951 --> 01:19:50,119
The best thing
happening in my life then
1384
01:19:50,186 --> 01:19:52,889
was my new girlfriend,
Linda Thompson.
1385
01:19:54,190 --> 01:19:55,959
I met Elvis at a time
1386
01:19:56,025 --> 01:19:58,494
when he really needed someone
to be with.
1387
01:19:58,561 --> 01:20:01,264
Living with him
was pretty strange.
1388
01:20:01,330 --> 01:20:05,134
I used to say it was a nice,
abnormal life we were leading.
1389
01:20:05,201 --> 01:20:08,237
We'd sleep during the day,
then stay up all night.
1390
01:20:08,304 --> 01:20:11,240
Over the 4 1/2 years
we were together,
1391
01:20:11,307 --> 01:20:12,541
I could see Elvis
1392
01:20:12,608 --> 01:20:17,780
was slowly losing
some of his passion for life.
1393
01:20:17,847 --> 01:20:19,949
One of the only things
he enjoyed anymore
1394
01:20:20,016 --> 01:20:24,453
was practicing karate
was his bodyguards.
1395
01:20:37,901 --> 01:20:42,238
♪ Everybody was
kung fu fighting ♪
1396
01:20:42,305 --> 01:20:47,043
♪ those cats
were fast as lightning ♪
1397
01:20:47,110 --> 01:20:52,348
♪ in fact it was
a little bit frightening ♪
1398
01:20:52,415 --> 01:20:57,086
♪ but they fought
with expert timing ♪
1399
01:20:57,153 --> 01:20:59,355
♪ it's an ancient Chinese art ♪
1400
01:20:59,422 --> 01:21:01,991
♪ and everybody
knew their part ♪
1401
01:21:02,058 --> 01:21:04,260
♪ from a feinting to a slip ♪
1402
01:21:04,327 --> 01:21:06,162
♪ and a kicking from the hip ♪
1403
01:21:06,229 --> 01:21:10,633
♪ everybody was
kung fu fighting ♪
1404
01:21:10,699 --> 01:21:15,438
♪ those cats
were fast as lightning ♪
1405
01:21:15,504 --> 01:21:20,276
♪ in fact it was
a little bit frightening ♪
1406
01:21:20,343 --> 01:21:25,614
♪ but they fought
with expert timing ♪
1407
01:21:25,681 --> 01:21:30,186
♪ there was funky Billy Chen
and little Sammy Chong ♪
1408
01:21:30,253 --> 01:21:33,122
♪ he said,
"here come's the big boss ♪
1409
01:21:33,189 --> 01:21:34,890
♪ let's get it on" ♪
1410
01:21:34,958 --> 01:21:37,226
♪ he took a bow
and make a stand ♪
1411
01:21:37,293 --> 01:21:39,562
♪ started swaying
with the hand ♪
1412
01:21:39,628 --> 01:21:42,031
♪ a certain motion
made me skip ♪
1413
01:21:42,098 --> 01:21:44,067
♪ now we're
into a brand new trip ♪
1414
01:21:44,133 --> 01:21:47,436
♪ everybody was
kung fu fighting ♪
1415
01:21:47,503 --> 01:21:48,571
♪ go ♪
1416
01:21:48,637 --> 01:21:50,873
♪ people, people, people ♪
1417
01:21:50,940 --> 01:21:57,280
♪ oh-oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
1418
01:21:57,346 --> 01:22:00,749
Here at baptist memorial
hospital in midtown Memphis,
1419
01:22:00,816 --> 01:22:03,819
Elvis Presley has apparently
checked into a private suite
1420
01:22:03,886 --> 01:22:05,354
on the 15th floor.
1421
01:22:05,421 --> 01:22:08,691
A sign that Elvis is, in fact,
here is the aluminum foil
1422
01:22:08,757 --> 01:22:11,760
that covers his windows
to deflect the sun.
1423
01:22:11,827 --> 01:22:13,696
A spokesman for baptist memorial
1424
01:22:13,762 --> 01:22:16,832
says Presley has been admitted
for exhaustion.
1425
01:22:16,899 --> 01:22:18,601
However, private sources tell me
1426
01:22:18,667 --> 01:22:22,205
the singer is suffering from
glaucoma and stomach problems,
1427
01:22:22,271 --> 01:22:23,572
including an ulcer.
1428
01:22:23,639 --> 01:22:25,841
These problems
have apparently led
1429
01:22:25,908 --> 01:22:27,510
to Presley's
increased dependency
1430
01:22:27,576 --> 01:22:29,412
on prescribed medication.
1431
01:22:29,478 --> 01:22:32,181
A few of Elvis' entourage
are with him here,
1432
01:22:32,248 --> 01:22:34,083
including his girlfriend,
1433
01:22:34,150 --> 01:22:36,552
former miss Tennessee
Linda Thompson.
1434
01:22:36,619 --> 01:22:39,822
Our cameras spotted Linda in
the hospital's gift shop today.
1435
01:22:39,888 --> 01:22:42,891
She was wearing a robe
that matched the singing idol's.
1436
01:22:42,958 --> 01:22:44,393
On the 15th floor,
1437
01:22:44,460 --> 01:22:47,030
we managed to catch Elvis
and Linda strolling together
1438
01:22:47,096 --> 01:22:49,398
at the end of the hallway
near his suite,
1439
01:22:49,465 --> 01:22:52,168
guarded by an around-the-clock
security man.
1440
01:22:52,235 --> 01:22:54,437
We asked some local Memphians
how they feel
1441
01:22:54,503 --> 01:22:58,974
about our most famous citizen's
legal and medical problems.
1442
01:22:59,042 --> 01:23:01,010
Well, if you don't mind
me saying so,
1443
01:23:01,077 --> 01:23:03,046
I don't think Elvis
has really been happy
1444
01:23:03,112 --> 01:23:04,647
since he
and Priscilla divorced.
1445
01:23:04,713 --> 01:23:06,749
He's been working himself
way too hard.
1446
01:23:06,815 --> 01:23:09,252
All those tours and playing
in Vegas so much ...
1447
01:23:09,318 --> 01:23:11,487
I think it's taken
a definite toll on him.
1448
01:23:11,554 --> 01:23:14,123
We love him and want
to get close to him,
1449
01:23:14,190 --> 01:23:16,592
but we can't because of all
of his bodyguards.
1450
01:23:16,659 --> 01:23:17,893
I think they're the ones
1451
01:23:17,960 --> 01:23:20,863
that are getting him in
trouble with the lawsuits.
1452
01:23:20,929 --> 01:23:22,665
They're just bad news.
1453
01:23:22,731 --> 01:23:23,999
Sonny or Dave,
1454
01:23:24,067 --> 01:23:26,702
could one of you tell us
why you decided to write
1455
01:23:26,769 --> 01:23:29,172
such a sensationalistic
book about Elvis?
1456
01:23:29,238 --> 01:23:31,707
When we wrote this book,
1457
01:23:31,774 --> 01:23:34,910
it was out of bitterness
and hurt, to start with.
1458
01:23:34,977 --> 01:23:38,013
When we were given three day''
notice by his father
1459
01:23:38,081 --> 01:23:40,283
and a week's pay
after 16 years.
1460
01:23:40,349 --> 01:23:41,884
We all had families,
1461
01:23:41,950 --> 01:23:43,519
and he wouldn't talk to us
himself.
1462
01:23:43,586 --> 01:23:46,589
He flew out of town,
and he had his father do it.
1463
01:23:46,655 --> 01:23:48,557
Why did Elvis
fire you?
1464
01:23:48,624 --> 01:23:51,260
It was told to us
by his father
1465
01:23:51,327 --> 01:23:53,129
that there was a cutback
on expenses...
1466
01:23:53,196 --> 01:23:55,564
In 1977,
I started to feel like things
1467
01:23:55,631 --> 01:23:58,067
were slowly getting
out of control.
1468
01:23:58,134 --> 01:24:00,836
My health
was a constant problem.
1469
01:24:00,903 --> 01:24:02,371
But what really shook me
1470
01:24:02,438 --> 01:24:04,607
was a book
by three of my bodyguards.
1471
01:24:04,673 --> 01:24:07,910
It hurt me a lot that they
would attack me in public.
1472
01:24:07,976 --> 01:24:11,114
I never thought friends
who once were almost family
1473
01:24:11,180 --> 01:24:13,516
would turn
and try to destroy me.
1474
01:24:13,582 --> 01:24:15,518
...that it was because
of the lawsuits.
1475
01:24:15,584 --> 01:24:17,553
Dave, you seemed
to be implying before
1476
01:24:17,620 --> 01:24:19,588
that you were writing
the book, in part,
1477
01:24:19,655 --> 01:24:22,458
to try and get Elvis
to change his ways.
1478
01:24:22,525 --> 01:24:23,559
You bet.
1479
01:24:23,626 --> 01:24:25,661
We wanted to point out
to him
1480
01:24:25,728 --> 01:24:26,995
what he was doing,
1481
01:24:27,062 --> 01:24:29,632
not only to himself,
but to the people around him.
1482
01:24:29,698 --> 01:24:32,735
And we didn't want him
to be what he was.
1483
01:24:32,801 --> 01:24:36,405
We wanted him to be what we
knew he could be and had been.
1484
01:24:36,472 --> 01:24:38,641
We were trying to present him
with a challenge.
1485
01:24:38,707 --> 01:24:41,477
If he saw all these things
rolled in front of him
1486
01:24:41,544 --> 01:24:43,312
and know that they were true,
1487
01:24:43,379 --> 01:24:47,550
I don't know how he might have
dismissed them in his mind.
1488
01:24:47,616 --> 01:24:49,785
Maybe it will do
some good for him,
1489
01:24:49,852 --> 01:24:52,355
for the drug culture,
for people to realize
1490
01:24:52,421 --> 01:24:54,457
no one is out of reach
of drugs.
1491
01:24:54,523 --> 01:24:58,194
Here is a man that had it
in the palm of his hand,
1492
01:24:58,261 --> 01:25:01,464
and the drugs
took it away from him.
1493
01:25:01,530 --> 01:25:03,566
What drugs
are we talking about?
1494
01:25:03,632 --> 01:25:06,502
Uppers and downers,
sleeping pills.
1495
01:25:06,569 --> 01:25:09,272
We're talking about things
like Demerol.
1496
01:25:09,338 --> 01:25:10,973
You actually
saw him...
1497
01:25:11,039 --> 01:25:12,308
Yes.
1498
01:25:12,375 --> 01:25:14,743
My cousin red charged in
to stop it one time.
1499
01:25:14,810 --> 01:25:17,180
He broke the guy's
toe going through the door
1500
01:25:17,246 --> 01:25:19,615
and told him he
was going to break him up
1501
01:25:19,682 --> 01:25:21,850
if he didn't quit
getting the stuff to him.
1502
01:25:21,917 --> 01:25:24,887
Elvis heard about it,
and he called red and Joe in.
1503
01:25:24,953 --> 01:25:26,389
They discussed it for a while,
1504
01:25:26,455 --> 01:25:28,891
and then finally he
looked at red and said ...
1505
01:25:28,957 --> 01:25:30,426
I'll never forget it ...
1506
01:25:30,493 --> 01:25:32,728
He said, "I need 'em, man.
I need it."
1507
01:25:32,795 --> 01:25:34,497
We wanted more
than anything else
1508
01:25:34,563 --> 01:25:38,767
to see him
as he was in his prime ...
1509
01:25:38,834 --> 01:25:41,604
On the stage,
just knocking them dead.
1510
01:25:43,105 --> 01:25:45,040
If you loved him
so much,
1511
01:25:45,107 --> 01:25:47,676
why couldn't you
protect him?
1512
01:25:47,743 --> 01:25:50,379
How do you protect a man
from himself?
1513
01:26:10,266 --> 01:26:12,134
I whispered to Elvis
1514
01:26:12,201 --> 01:26:14,903
to be careful
stepping out to the stage.
1515
01:26:14,970 --> 01:26:16,905
He was obviously way overweight,
1516
01:26:16,972 --> 01:26:21,577
and despite his age, only 42,
we knew he was in bad health.
1517
01:26:21,644 --> 01:26:23,479
Through all the years
I knew him,
1518
01:26:23,546 --> 01:26:25,047
Elvis had taken great care
1519
01:26:25,113 --> 01:26:27,283
to always look his best
in public.
1520
01:26:27,350 --> 01:26:28,784
It was tough for him,
1521
01:26:28,851 --> 01:26:31,086
but now Elvis accepted
his appearance
1522
01:26:31,153 --> 01:26:37,393
and so did his fans.
1523
01:26:50,573 --> 01:26:52,908
In this,
one of his last concerts,
1524
01:26:52,975 --> 01:26:58,647
just six weeks before his death,
he still poured his heart out.
1525
01:26:58,714 --> 01:26:59,982
To the end,
1526
01:27:00,048 --> 01:27:03,752
Elvis' greatest gift,
his incredible voice,
1527
01:27:03,819 --> 01:27:08,123
never failed him.
1528
01:27:08,190 --> 01:27:10,626
Thank you very much.
1529
01:27:10,693 --> 01:27:13,061
Don't let the lights
and cameras throw you.
1530
01:27:13,128 --> 01:27:16,499
And don't throw the lights
and cameras, if you can help it.
1531
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:22,738
But they are hot,
I'll tell you for sure.
1532
01:27:22,805 --> 01:27:25,240
I'm going to actually play
the guitar.
1533
01:27:25,308 --> 01:27:30,479
I know three chords,
believe it or not.
1534
01:27:30,546 --> 01:27:35,384
But I faked them all
for a long time.
1535
01:27:35,451 --> 01:27:41,023
My kid spent the night,
you know.
1536
01:27:41,089 --> 01:27:45,594
If you think I'm nervous,
you're right.
1537
01:27:51,734 --> 01:27:57,440
I'm going to do a song called
"are you lonesome tonight?"
1538
01:27:57,506 --> 01:28:01,209
And I am, and I was.
1539
01:28:01,276 --> 01:28:06,148
Damn...
I mean, darn. Excuse me.
1540
01:28:06,214 --> 01:28:12,087
♪ Are you lonesome tonight? ♪
1541
01:28:12,154 --> 01:28:16,492
♪ Do you miss me tonight? ♪
1542
01:28:16,559 --> 01:28:25,100
♪ Are you sorry
we drifted apart? ♪
1543
01:28:25,167 --> 01:28:29,672
♪ Does your memory stray ♪
1544
01:28:29,738 --> 01:28:34,142
♪ to a bright summer day ♪
1545
01:28:34,209 --> 01:28:36,979
♪ when I kissed you
and called you sweetheart? ♪
1546
01:28:43,251 --> 01:28:48,156
♪ Do the chairs in your parlor ♪
1547
01:28:48,223 --> 01:28:52,428
♪ seem empty and bare? ♪
1548
01:28:52,495 --> 01:28:57,032
♪ Do you gaze at your doorstep ♪
1549
01:28:57,099 --> 01:29:01,370
♪ and picture me there? ♪
1550
01:29:01,437 --> 01:29:05,808
♪ Is your heart
filled with pain? ♪
1551
01:29:05,874 --> 01:29:10,546
♪ Shall I come back again? ♪
1552
01:29:10,613 --> 01:29:18,687
♪ Tell me, dear,
are you lonesome tonight ♪
1553
01:29:18,754 --> 01:29:21,557
♪ whoo whoo whoo whoo... ♪
1554
01:29:21,624 --> 01:29:27,029
I wonder
if you're lonesome tonight.
1555
01:29:27,095 --> 01:29:28,864
You know, someone said,
1556
01:29:28,931 --> 01:29:32,935
"the world's a stage,
and each of us play a part."
1557
01:29:36,839 --> 01:29:38,707
...plus tax.
1558
01:29:38,774 --> 01:29:41,644
You read your lines so cleverly.
1559
01:29:41,710 --> 01:29:43,712
You never missed a cue.
1560
01:29:43,779 --> 01:29:46,582
Then he came back too.
He forgot the words.
1561
01:29:46,649 --> 01:29:49,117
They'd been changed, you fool.
1562
01:29:49,184 --> 01:29:54,089
You're acting strange.
And why, I've never known.
1563
01:29:54,156 --> 01:29:56,559
Why I overdid it.
1564
01:29:56,625 --> 01:29:58,594
Honey ...
Who am I talking to?
1565
01:29:58,661 --> 01:30:01,564
You lied when you said
you loved me.
1566
01:30:01,630 --> 01:30:06,101
You ... and I had no cause
to doubt you.
1567
01:30:07,402 --> 01:30:11,440
I'd rather go on
hearing your lies
1568
01:30:11,507 --> 01:30:14,477
than to go on living
without you.
1569
01:30:14,543 --> 01:30:16,879
And the stage is bare,
1570
01:30:16,945 --> 01:30:19,948
and I'm standing there
without any hair.
1571
01:30:20,015 --> 01:30:21,116
Uh, no.
1572
01:30:23,919 --> 01:30:27,355
If you won't come back to me...
1573
01:30:27,422 --> 01:30:30,959
Oh, the heck with it.
1574
01:30:31,026 --> 01:30:35,731
♪ Is your heart
filled with pain? ♪
1575
01:30:35,798 --> 01:30:39,735
♪ Shall I come back again? ♪
1576
01:30:39,802 --> 01:30:41,970
♪ Tell me, dear,
are you lonesome tonight? ♪
1577
01:30:59,054 --> 01:31:03,325
Thank you very much.
1578
01:31:03,391 --> 01:31:04,793
Ladies and gentlemen,
1579
01:31:04,860 --> 01:31:06,895
I'd like to introduce you
to my father.
1580
01:31:06,962 --> 01:31:09,732
He's been sick for a while,
but he's doing very well.
1581
01:31:09,798 --> 01:31:14,870
Would you stand up
by me, daddy?
1582
01:31:28,784 --> 01:31:31,887
I'd like you to say hello
to my girlfriend, ginger.
1583
01:31:31,954 --> 01:31:37,392
Sit down, ginger.
That's enough for her.
1584
01:31:37,459 --> 01:31:45,634
This next song
is called "my way."
1585
01:31:45,701 --> 01:31:51,006
♪ And now the end is near ♪
1586
01:31:51,073 --> 01:31:56,579
♪ and so I face
the final curtain ♪
1587
01:31:56,645 --> 01:32:01,750
♪ my friend,
I'll say it clear ♪
1588
01:32:01,817 --> 01:32:07,590
♪ I'll state my case
of which I'm certain ♪
1589
01:32:07,656 --> 01:32:12,761
♪ I've lived
a life that's full ♪
1590
01:32:12,828 --> 01:32:18,634
♪ I've traveled each
and every highway ♪
1591
01:32:18,701 --> 01:32:23,572
♪ and more
much more than this ♪
1592
01:32:23,639 --> 01:32:29,344
♪ I did it my way ♪
1593
01:32:29,411 --> 01:32:32,180
♪ regrets ♪
1594
01:32:32,247 --> 01:32:34,750
♪ I've had a few ♪
1595
01:32:34,817 --> 01:32:37,620
♪ but then again ♪
1596
01:32:37,686 --> 01:32:40,455
♪ too few to mention ♪
1597
01:32:40,522 --> 01:32:42,758
♪ I did ♪
1598
01:32:42,825 --> 01:32:45,560
♪ what I had to do ♪
1599
01:32:45,628 --> 01:32:47,796
♪ and saw it through ♪
1600
01:32:47,863 --> 01:32:51,133
♪ without exemption ♪
1601
01:32:51,199 --> 01:32:53,636
♪ I've planned ♪
1602
01:32:53,702 --> 01:32:55,904
♪ each chartered course ♪
1603
01:32:55,971 --> 01:32:58,907
♪ each careful step ♪
1604
01:32:58,974 --> 01:33:02,044
♪ along the byway ♪
1605
01:33:02,110 --> 01:33:06,849
♪ oh and more,
much more than this ♪
1606
01:33:06,915 --> 01:33:12,888
♪ I did it my way ♪
1607
01:33:12,955 --> 01:33:18,193
♪ I've loved,
I've laughed and cried ♪
1608
01:33:18,260 --> 01:33:23,899
♪ I've had my fill,
my share of losing ♪
1609
01:33:23,966 --> 01:33:28,971
♪ and now as tears subside ♪
1610
01:33:29,037 --> 01:33:34,509
♪ I find it all so amusing ♪
1611
01:33:34,576 --> 01:33:39,281
♪ to think I did all that ♪
1612
01:33:39,347 --> 01:33:44,953
♪ and may I say
not in a shy way ♪
1613
01:33:45,020 --> 01:33:50,425
♪ oh, no
no, not me ♪
1614
01:33:50,492 --> 01:33:54,663
♪ I did it my way ♪
1615
01:33:54,730 --> 01:33:58,300
♪ for what is a man? ♪
1616
01:33:58,366 --> 01:34:00,936
♪ What has he got? ♪
1617
01:34:01,003 --> 01:34:05,273
♪ If not himself
then he has not ♪
1618
01:34:05,340 --> 01:34:10,345
♪ to say the words
he truly feels ♪
1619
01:34:10,412 --> 01:34:15,684
♪ and not the words
for one who kneels ♪
1620
01:34:15,751 --> 01:34:20,555
♪ the record shows
I took the blows ♪
1621
01:34:20,622 --> 01:34:25,093
♪ and did it my way ♪
1622
01:34:25,160 --> 01:34:31,199
♪ the record shows
I took the blows ♪
1623
01:34:31,266 --> 01:34:33,401
♪ and did it ♪
1624
01:34:33,468 --> 01:34:35,403
♪ my way ♪
1625
01:35:43,271 --> 01:35:50,979
Ladies and gentlemen,
Elvis has left the building.
1626
01:35:51,046 --> 01:35:54,817
♪ Oh, I wish I was ♪
1627
01:35:54,883 --> 01:35:58,053
♪ in the land of cotton ♪
1628
01:35:58,120 --> 01:36:03,125
♪ old times there
are not forgotten ♪
1629
01:36:03,191 --> 01:36:07,695
♪ look away, look away ♪
1630
01:36:07,762 --> 01:36:16,004
♪ look away, dixieland ♪
1631
01:36:16,071 --> 01:36:22,310
♪ glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
1632
01:36:29,184 --> 01:36:36,424
♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
1633
01:36:36,491 --> 01:36:39,694
Take it, baby.
1634
01:36:39,761 --> 01:36:47,970
♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
1635
01:36:48,036 --> 01:36:50,205
♪ his truth is marching on ♪
1636
01:37:07,089 --> 01:37:13,828
♪ So hush, little baby,
don't you cry ♪
1637
01:37:16,098 --> 01:37:21,069
♪ you know your daddy is ♪
1638
01:37:21,136 --> 01:37:27,442
♪ bound to die ♪
1639
01:37:27,509 --> 01:37:33,048
♪ but all ♪
1640
01:37:33,115 --> 01:37:37,052
♪ my trials, lord ♪
1641
01:37:37,119 --> 01:37:39,254
♪ will soon be over ♪
1642
01:37:55,137 --> 01:38:01,576
♪ Glory, glory, hallelujah ♪
1643
01:38:03,478 --> 01:38:10,352
♪ his truth is marching on ♪
1644
01:38:14,789 --> 01:38:17,025
♪ his truth is marching on ♪
1645
01:39:07,942 --> 01:39:10,478
♪ Memories ♪
1646
01:39:10,545 --> 01:39:17,319
♪ pressed between the pages
of my mind ♪
1647
01:39:19,087 --> 01:39:21,423
♪ memories ♪
1648
01:39:21,489 --> 01:39:28,463
♪ sweetened through the ages
just like wine ♪
1649
01:39:29,731 --> 01:39:32,167
♪ quiet thoughts
come floating down ♪
1650
01:39:32,234 --> 01:39:34,869
♪ and settle softly
to the ground ♪
1651
01:39:34,936 --> 01:39:40,042
♪ like golden Autumn leaves
around my feet ♪
1652
01:39:40,108 --> 01:39:43,011
♪ I touch them
and they burst apart ♪
1653
01:39:43,078 --> 01:39:50,018
♪ with sweet memories ♪
1654
01:39:50,818 --> 01:39:56,491
♪ sweet memories ♪
1655
01:39:56,558 --> 01:39:59,261
♪ of holding hands
and red bouquets ♪
1656
01:39:59,327 --> 01:40:02,297
♪ and twilights trimmed
in purple haze ♪
1657
01:40:02,364 --> 01:40:04,832
♪ and laughing eyes
and simple ways ♪
1658
01:40:04,899 --> 01:40:13,141
♪ and quiet nights
and gentle days with you ♪
1659
01:40:13,208 --> 01:40:15,610
♪ memories ♪
1660
01:40:15,677 --> 01:40:23,918
♪ pressed between the pages
of my mind ♪
1661
01:40:23,985 --> 01:40:26,554
♪ memories ♪
1662
01:40:26,621 --> 01:40:33,361
♪ sweetened through the ages
just like wine ♪
1663
01:40:34,296 --> 01:40:39,234
♪ memories ♪
1664
01:40:39,301 --> 01:40:45,240
♪ memories ♪
1665
01:40:45,307 --> 01:40:48,143
♪ of holding hands
and red bouquets ♪
1666
01:40:48,210 --> 01:40:51,079
♪ and twilights trimmed
in purple haze ♪
1667
01:40:51,146 --> 01:40:53,248
♪ and laughing eyes
and simple ways ♪
1668
01:40:53,315 --> 01:41:01,223
♪ and quiet nights
and gentle days with you ♪
1669
01:41:01,289 --> 01:41:04,359
♪ memories ♪
1670
01:41:04,426 --> 01:41:12,800
♪ pressed between the pages
of my mind ♪
1671
01:41:12,867 --> 01:41:15,002
♪ memories ♪
1672
01:41:15,069 --> 01:41:21,776
♪ sweetened through the ages
just like wine ♪
1673
01:41:23,211 --> 01:41:28,216
♪ memories ♪
1674
01:41:28,283 --> 01:41:30,518
♪ memories ♪
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